tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074072896146274250.post4356539604308737364..comments2023-08-26T12:42:28.808-03:00Comments on Flint's Follies: Access to medical care in Nova ScotiaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074072896146274250.post-72162511694862809102011-04-29T10:13:36.278-03:002011-04-29T10:13:36.278-03:00Fine, if you want to argue semantics go for it. If...Fine, if you want to argue semantics go for it. If you want to pay for your health care just go south of the border but make sure you mortgaged your life before you do.Flinthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00751432023350206246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074072896146274250.post-37948517528241742672011-04-29T01:23:37.810-03:002011-04-29T01:23:37.810-03:00You claim you did not have to pay for health care ...You claim you did not have to pay for health care in Canada????That's because its taken out of our taxes every year.It's NOT FREE.<br />I would rather pay for quality care than garbage care we get in this country....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074072896146274250.post-55918324360537000392011-02-01T11:21:42.967-04:002011-02-01T11:21:42.967-04:00Me too.
It just mad me angry to see people with t...Me too.<br /><br />It just mad me angry to see people with things that could be easily dealt with in a clinic ... a bleeding nose, sprained foot, migraine, a cold ... yet people go to the ER with them.<br /><br />I remember back in the 90's the Provincial government in Quebec was talking about opening clinics, with walk-in's in mind, by every hospital. The ER's would send the patients that didn't need the ER there. But people would have to pay $5 or so. I think the idea got shot down because of that. I would pay $5 to a clinic instead of waiting 6.5 hours and not seeing a DR at an ER any day.Flinthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00751432023350206246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074072896146274250.post-23765527473844969142011-02-01T10:46:11.116-04:002011-02-01T10:46:11.116-04:00University hospitals always cost more. Prestige an...University hospitals always cost more. Prestige and popularity are part of it. The internationalized operations in Seoul pitched at foreigners are even more expensive. The local clinics are locally run, and as you said, efficient. In and out easily and cheaply.<br /><br />Unfortunately, there are some patient conditions or procedural services that are too complex, and the referral will send you to the higher priced and more crowded facilities. Appointments must be made in advance, waiting periods apply, waiting rooms are overflowing, the specialists busy, and the bill is high.<br /><br />The universal health care is good, but limited, and beyond the local clinics, not that impressive. Like anywhere on this planet, try to be healthy and stay away from medical care. However, I'll take a small town clinic doctor in Korea, i.e. Cheongju, over anywhere in the world for something simple.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074072896146274250.post-60484687048023180202011-01-30T09:26:29.751-04:002011-01-30T09:26:29.751-04:00That is definitely something they should warn peop...That is definitely something they should warn people about. I only had to deal with the doctor's office/clinics.Flinthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00751432023350206246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074072896146274250.post-13854378718750725232011-01-30T07:58:27.035-04:002011-01-30T07:58:27.035-04:00It was a total shock and they wouldn't let me ...It was a total shock and they wouldn't let me leave until I paid. They wanted me to call my school and get my co-teacher to pay for me. I came up with the money, but I really wasn't expecting it and it's not something they tell people when they come here to teach. The orientation included information about being covered by health insurance, but nothing about what that insurance actually covers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074072896146274250.post-41259766187542511302011-01-29T08:14:26.544-04:002011-01-29T08:14:26.544-04:00I never had to stay in a Korean hospital. That wou...I never had to stay in a Korean hospital. That would be a shock.Flinthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00751432023350206246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074072896146274250.post-11296755201860353202011-01-28T23:45:53.017-04:002011-01-28T23:45:53.017-04:00Although I agree with you that Korean healthcare i...Although I agree with you that Korean healthcare is pretty awesome compared to some of the things you find in Canada, I haven't had to pay to stay in a Canadian hospital. I just spent 5 days in a Korean hospital and with the cost of the room, drugs, pain shots, CT scan, sonogram, x-rays and meals it cost me just over $800 Canadian. And that was covered 50% by my Korean national healthcare. There are plenty of Korean hospitals and Korean doctors but it is a for-profit system and each hospital is privately owned and operated (as far as I could tell, although I've never really looked into it). I'm not sure if the huge international hospitals operate in the same way. I stayed in a smaller local hospital connected with one of the universities and I wasn't expecting to have to shell out so much of my own money. After having lived in Canada for a few decades and never paying for any healthcare that I can remember, with the exception of things my work health coverage didn't include, it was kind of a shock.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com