CANADA begins Private healthcare. (see social health is working lol)

The supreme court of Canada struck down a Quebec law on Thursday that
had
banned private health insurance for services covered under medicare,
Canada's socialized health-care program.

"This is indeed a historic ruling that could substantially change the
very
foundations of medicare as we know it," Canadian Medical Association
president Dr. Albert Schumacher said after the ruling. The ruling means
that
Quebec residents can pay privately for medical services, even if the
services also are available in the provincial health care system.

"Access to a waiting list is not access to health care," the court said
in
its ruling.

A courageous Canadian doctor, Jacques Chaoulli, challenged the
constitutionality of the Canadian ban on private payment. He argued
that
long waiting times for surgery contradict the country's constitutional
guarantees of "life, liberty, and the security of the person."
------------------
at last, those Canadians don't have to run to the USA to get their
healthcare anymore.

.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: More Bought & Paid For: Blue Dog Boren Defends Private Insurers Against Public Plan
    ... Blue Dog Boren Defends Private Insurers Against ... Wednesday that his skepticism about a public health insurance option was ... we need to control costs and the sooner we do it, ... Medicare funding, which is already under funded, and then by ...
    (soc.retirement)
  • Re: Public Plan: No Option For Health Reform
    ... House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has declared that any health care reform must ... include a new government-run health plan, modeled after Medicare. ... it could spell the beginning of the end of private insurance. ...
    (soc.retirement)
  • Re: WTHOT: Left, Right, Whatever
    ... British National Health. ... private systems have an enormous impact on things like waiting lists. ... also pay into. ... until I can get on Medicare. ...
    (rec.arts.mystery)
  • Re: Australian Healthcare
    ... including our Medicare which is ... I have private health Insurance in addition to being covered ...
    (alt.support.diabetes)
  • Re: Accountability in Canada a joke.
    ... > thinking person that my reference was to the private health care system, ... Public health systems do not siphon off ... MEDICARE FRAUD: ... How do you opt out of the canadian health care system? ...
    (sci.med)