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<blockquote data-quote="brett636" data-source="post: 621397" data-attributes="member: 249"><p>If you buy all that then I have some ocean front property in Kansas I can see you cheap. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.fraserinstitute.org/commerce.web/product_files/HiddenCostsSinglePayer5.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.fraserinstitute.org/commerce.web/product_files/HiddenCostsSinglePayer5.pdf</a></p><p></p><p>Other facts about the single-payer health system</p><p>in Canada</p><p>l </p><p>In 1993, Canadian patients waited on average 9.3 weeks between the time they saw their family physician and the time they actually received the specialist treatment they needed. By 2007, wait times had almost doubled to 18.3 weeks.</p><p>l </p><p>Median wait times in Canada are also almost double the wait that physicians consider clinically reasonable (Esmail and Walker, 2007b).</p><p>l </p><p>The Canadian single-payer system does not cover prescription drugs on a</p><p>universal basis. Only about one third of the Canadian population is eligible</p><p>for various government-financed drug programs. The remainder of the</p><p>population has private-sector drug insurance coverage or pays cash for</p><p>outpatient drugs.</p><p>l </p><p>Government-financed drug programs in Canada often refuse to cover many</p><p>new drugs at all. On average, only 44% of all new drugs that were approved safe and effective by Health Canada in 2004 were actually eligible for coverage under government drug-insurance programs by October 2007.</p><p>l </p><p>Even for the small percentage of new drugs that are actually covered by public drug programs, patients have to wait nearly one year on average after Health Canada’s approval to get public insurance coverage for these new drugs.</p><p>l </p><p>Consumers in Canada and the United States spend roughly the same proportion of their per-capita gross domestic product (GDP) on prescription drugs (1.5% in Canada; 1.7% in the United States). As a percentage of per-capita, after-tax income, the cost burden of prescription drug spending is slightly higher in Canada (2.5% in Canada; 2.3% in the United States).</p><p>l </p><p>In 2007, brand-name drugs in Canada were 53% less expensive on average than in the United States, but generic drugs in Canada were about 112% more expensive on average than in the United States.</p><p>l </p><p>Between the fiscal years 1997/98 and 2006/07, government spending on</p><p>health care grew on average across all 10 Canadian provinces at a rate of</p><p>7.3% annually, compared to 5.9% for total available provincial revenue, and</p><p>5.6% for provincial economic growth (GDP). This means that the Canadian</p><p>government’s spending on health care is growing faster than the government’s ability to pay for it.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]2166[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]2166[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brett636, post: 621397, member: 249"] If you buy all that then I have some ocean front property in Kansas I can see you cheap. [URL]http://www.fraserinstitute.org/commerce.web/product_files/HiddenCostsSinglePayer5.pdf[/URL] Other facts about the single-payer health system in Canada l In 1993, Canadian patients waited on average 9.3 weeks between the time they saw their family physician and the time they actually received the specialist treatment they needed. By 2007, wait times had almost doubled to 18.3 weeks. l Median wait times in Canada are also almost double the wait that physicians consider clinically reasonable (Esmail and Walker, 2007b). l The Canadian single-payer system does not cover prescription drugs on a universal basis. Only about one third of the Canadian population is eligible for various government-financed drug programs. The remainder of the population has private-sector drug insurance coverage or pays cash for outpatient drugs. l Government-financed drug programs in Canada often refuse to cover many new drugs at all. On average, only 44% of all new drugs that were approved safe and effective by Health Canada in 2004 were actually eligible for coverage under government drug-insurance programs by October 2007. l Even for the small percentage of new drugs that are actually covered by public drug programs, patients have to wait nearly one year on average after Health Canada’s approval to get public insurance coverage for these new drugs. l Consumers in Canada and the United States spend roughly the same proportion of their per-capita gross domestic product (GDP) on prescription drugs (1.5% in Canada; 1.7% in the United States). As a percentage of per-capita, after-tax income, the cost burden of prescription drug spending is slightly higher in Canada (2.5% in Canada; 2.3% in the United States). l In 2007, brand-name drugs in Canada were 53% less expensive on average than in the United States, but generic drugs in Canada were about 112% more expensive on average than in the United States. l Between the fiscal years 1997/98 and 2006/07, government spending on health care grew on average across all 10 Canadian provinces at a rate of 7.3% annually, compared to 5.9% for total available provincial revenue, and 5.6% for provincial economic growth (GDP). This means that the Canadian government’s spending on health care is growing faster than the government’s ability to pay for it. [ATTACH]2166.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]2166[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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