Comments on: How Obama’s health reform will hurt Canada http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/01/how-obamas-health-reform-will-hurt.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:59:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jennifer http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/01/how-obamas-health-reform-will-hurt.html/comment-page-1#comment-89135 Jennifer Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:29:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2009/01/how-obamas-health-reform-will-hurt-canada.html#comment-89135 You can easily do a search for General Practitioners Salaries in Canada to identify what they make. On average it's $25 - $75 a hour which doesn't include the overhead fees to run their office. <br/><br/>American doctors can make upwards of $50.00 - $300.00 every 15 minutes. <br/><br/>Universal Health Care would demoralize our medical doctors who would leave the practice. <br/><br/>Compare doctors to the Public Education. Out of 20 teachers you might get 2 or 3 really good ones. Do you really want the option of having a bad doctor working on you because the government assigned them to you? <br/><br/>Remeber that old saying, "you get what you pay for". <br/><br/>Free isn't always the best option. You can easily do a search for General Practitioners Salaries in Canada to identify what they make. On average it’s $25 – $75 a hour which doesn’t include the overhead fees to run their office.

American doctors can make upwards of $50.00 – $300.00 every 15 minutes.

Universal Health Care would demoralize our medical doctors who would leave the practice.

Compare doctors to the Public Education. Out of 20 teachers you might get 2 or 3 really good ones. Do you really want the option of having a bad doctor working on you because the government assigned them to you?

Remeber that old saying, “you get what you pay for”.

Free isn’t always the best option.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/01/how-obamas-health-reform-will-hurt.html/comment-page-1#comment-89119 Anonymous Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:57:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2009/01/how-obamas-health-reform-will-hurt-canada.html#comment-89119 Same here. Primary care is usually well-compensated in socialized systems. A hundred women with free PAP smears outvote the one woman who had to wait for cancer treatment. Same here. Primary care is usually well-compensated in socialized systems. A hundred women with free PAP smears outvote the one woman who had to wait for cancer treatment.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/01/how-obamas-health-reform-will-hurt.html/comment-page-1#comment-89110 Anonymous Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:32:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2009/01/how-obamas-health-reform-will-hurt-canada.html#comment-89110 Ditto Bad Medicine.<br/><br/>Canadian GPs already receive far higher pay than their U.S. counterparts. The U.S. has high barriers to entry for foreign-trained physicians.<br/><br/>Given these facts, why on earth would Canadian GPs want to come here (other than the weather, of course)? Ditto Bad Medicine.

Canadian GPs already receive far higher pay than their U.S. counterparts. The U.S. has high barriers to entry for foreign-trained physicians.

Given these facts, why on earth would Canadian GPs want to come here (other than the weather, of course)?

]]> By: Bad Medicine, Good Solutions http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/01/how-obamas-health-reform-will-hurt.html/comment-page-1#comment-89106 Bad Medicine, Good Solutions Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:03:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2009/01/how-obamas-health-reform-will-hurt-canada.html#comment-89106 This assumes that under a socialized system pay will improve for primary care physicians. Recognizing this, I doubt Canada has any need to fear a physician exodus. This assumes that under a socialized system pay will improve for primary care physicians. Recognizing this, I doubt Canada has any need to fear a physician exodus.

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