Ok...I am sure I am just supplanting a thread we had on this topic as the US was in their healthcare woes, but I didn't bother digging into the archives for this addition.
http://www.torontosun.com/sports/oth...50836-sun.html


The UFC heavyweight Brock Lesnar was recently treated, or rather NOT treated for his diverticulitis condition while up in Manitoba on a hunting trip. Brandon, the city where he went for treatment is a decent sized city by Canadian standards, and the second biggest city in the province. It SHOULD have the facilities to handle a case like this, yet the scanner required for this man was not working. NOT working? IN a similar sized US city, there would be 3 or 4 scanners that would likely be in use. THAT is where the public system has let people down.

That said, in reading the article and hearing him tell his woes on the Jimmy Fallon show, he bad mouthed Canada a bit and I know the man isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer, but lets face the reality that people when sick do NOT want excuses, they want results, and he drove south to Bismarck North Dakota to get them.

Here was a guy who is accumsted to having his health issues taken care of, and couldn't get the service he wanted for what is a pretty common condition. I suggest that those who keep saying the American system is too expensive and faulty are ignoring the one large problem with public healthcare: It is often behind the private sector in utilizing and obtaining the latest equipment, and government mentality almost ensures that there is a lot of bureaucracy getting in the way of letting the doctors have the tools they need.