Canada's Backlogged Health Care

I'm sure you've all heard the expression: "Necessity is the Mother of Invention."

Well, in Canada nothing could be more true.

Right now, there are an estimated 875,000 Canadians who are on waiting lists for critical medical procedures and testing that range anywhere from hip and knee replacements to heart bypass surgery. In fact, a person with a heart blockage could wait up to one year for something that, in America, would be done within a week to 10 days. Waiting a year for heart bypass surgery could literally be a death sentence if you are a Canadian.

The proof that Canada's government-run health care system is broken comes from a Canadian-based medical service group that was developed out of the need for Canadians to get immediate tests and care for critical and life threatening situations. The group is called Timely Medical Alternatives and here's their website: (Click to View). Their goal is to refer Canadians to private medical service providers so they can literally save their own lives. The people that are being helped by this group are all on weeks to year-long waiting lists for critical medical tests and procedures. Many are probably in pain while waiting for care.

Simply speaking, if the Canadian health care system was doing what it should do, people wouldn't have to seek private solutions and, in all too many cases, come to the United States to save their lives. They wouldn't have to spend thousands of dollars of their own hard-earned money to get the critical care they need.

Is this the kind medical care that you want for yourself and your family in this country? If it is, then you'll love Obama-Care. If it isn't, give your Congressional Representatives an earful. You're life could literally depend on it!