elective things
I could write a book on the in-efficiencies of the Canadian system alone. If any Canadian doctor could candidly speak, off the record and without repercussions from medical boards or reprisal from colleagues, they'd convey how ludicrous it is and offer yard-long lists of improvements which could be made. I've been fortunate enough to have those conversations on several occasions. Verbatim, as personally expressed by one of the top Doctors in the Province; "Don't try and figure the bureaucracy out. It's a moving target."
In business, one pays themselves first. As too with socialized systems; it is bureaucracy for bureaucracies' sake. The system has become primarily about employment and the votes which come from those employed, and serving the needs of patients second. The inevitable result produces massive layers of un-neccessary redundancy. Comparatively speaking, the Social Security Administration in the USA costs taxpayers $1.50 for every $1.00 it remits. It's a mathematical dead end and no one in their right mind should pay 1.5 times to receive back just 1. Yet, taxpayers are forced at gunpoint to pay for it all.
Is it any wonder why how pathetic preventive or chronic care is, in the Canadian
and American systems? Prevention costs little compared to treatments and associated drugs (the hallowed profit goldmine). No money to be made, or bureaucracy to be fed, in prevention.
BTW, it's about a 4 year wait for a hip surgery here. They determine how soon you go in. Your quality of life till then is not the systems' problem. Socialism is about standing in line and sharing shortages.
For Polish Forums readers; try to find a doctor who has been through a "Functional Medicine" Training Program. FM is voluntarily pursued after internship and produces a medical doctor trained in a more wholistic, well rounded treatment approach for patients. There are scant few up here and many more choices in the USA.