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But don't you think that if it were common for people with serious illnesses to come to the US, we'd see much more made of it than we do from those with a large
by rubyrescue 14y ago
But don't you think that if it were common for people with serious illnesses to come to the US, we'd see much more made of it than we do from those with a large vested interest in noting the influx?
- larrywright 14y agoWell, they do: http://blog.heritage.org/2010/02/09/the-canadian-patients%E2%80%99-remedy-for-health-care-go-to-america/ http://blog.heritage.org/2010/02/09/the-canadian-patients%E2...
- rowanseymour 14y agoI think you can do better than Rush Limbaugh's favorite right wing advocacy group to back up your opinions. Here's a study that puts the numer of Canadians using the US healthcare system at about 0.61%: http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/21/3/19.full.html http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/21/3/19.full.html
- rubyrescue 14y agoThat's EXACTLY what i was looking for, thanks!
- larrywright 14y agoI wasn't claiming that wasn't biased. It was stated that nobody was talking about it, but I don't think that's the case. I've heard it since the health care debates started in the U.S. As for that study, I'm a little concerned that they only looked at a handful of states, and this little line at the bottom: "The authors acknowledge financial support from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (formerly the Medical Research Council of Canada) for this research." My guess: both your source and mine are biased and flawed, and the truth lies somewhere in the middle.
- rowanseymour 14y agoThat's a peer reviewed academic journal. Even if the authors have a bias, it's not comparable to the bias of a right wing advocacy group that gets financial support from the Koch Brothers.