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Re: A single health care payer for the US ? ( Long) From: John Robertson MD (john.robertson@obgyn.net) Sun Jan 23 08:55:14 2000 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Robert J. Woolley: "Re: Nurses and fetal monitor tracings" Previous message: John Robertson MD: "Re: Nurses and fetal monitor tracings" In reply to: Kathi Wilson, BHSc, RM: "Re: A single health care payer for the US ? ( Long)" Next in thread: Steven Crawford: "Re: Possible Partial Mole?" Point taken Kathi. I was looking at the beaurocratic (sp?) load that is placed on a system. My favorite example is car insurance here in B.C. which costs double what it is next door in Alberta where it is privatized. As a Canadian living with socialized medicine all my life I do recognize the advantages of a government run system (see my comments in the earlier post re why I have stayed in Canada) but I also see the disadvantages. John At Sun, 23 Jan 2000, Kathi Wilson, BHSc, RM wrote: > >At Sat, 22 Jan 2000, John Robertson MD wrote: >> >>except for the truism I have learned that anything run by a government >>will be less successful than if it is run by the private sector. > >Hmm. Guess that depends on how you define "success" -- for businesses, >that usually means "profit", not "customer satisfaction". Mike Harris >has been off-loading stuff down here, with no appreciable improvement to >customers. > >Look at lots of big companies....do they really provide models for >management success? Don't think I want the Eaton Bros to be running *my* >healthcare system, thank you very much ;^). And funny how, like >Chrysler did a few years ago (and the NHL now), they all go running to >government to bail them out when the going gets rough. > >-- >Kathi Wilson, BHSc, RM >Thames Valley Midwives, >London, Ontario, Canada >mailto:wilsonk@gtn.net >http://tvm.on.ca > -- J.G.M.Robertson MD, 109-9181 Main St. Chilliwack, B.C. V2P 4M9 (604) 793-9988 e-mail john.robertson@obgyn.net Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. James 3 vs 13, NIV Next message: Robert J. Woolley: "Re: Nurses and fetal monitor tracings" Previous message: John Robertson MD: "Re: Nurses and fetal monitor tracings" In reply to: Kathi Wilson, BHSc, RM: "Re: A single health care payer for the US ? ( Long)" Next in thread: Steven Crawford: "Re: Possible Partial Mole?"

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