Our American friends are struggling to meet their health care needs and are fighting for change right now. Canada’s hard won universal system can be a model to others. Share your testimonial about universal health care here in Canada. Try to keep it short but sweet, 150 words or less. Send it to healthus@rabble.ca and we’ll post it here. Or send us a video testimonial to tv@rabble.ca.
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Dear American Neighbours:
Canadians have been watching and reading about your national debate over how to reform your health care system. Normally, of course, we would not attempt to intervene or influence you. But Canadians are shocked that their health-care system -- called Medicare -- has been used to frighten Americans. Some of what has been said about our Medicare system are outright falsehoods -- like the claim that we can't choose our own doctors or that government "bureaucrats" can deny us needed treatment.
We want you to know the truth so that when you make up your mind it will be on the basis of facts, not falsehoods. This page has testimonials from ordinary Canadians, from health professionals, links to websites explaining our Medicare and links to campaigns in your own country fighting for reform.
Testimonials from Canadians
- October 13, 2009| ByDes Emery|Where are the crowds, carrying signs demanding their "right" to health services?
- September 23, 2009| ByHanne Quillevelre | Arleen Simmonds | John Warren | Sheila Paterson|Medicare was the greatest single achievement in the political career of Tommy Douglas who is now recognized as Canada's finest citizen...
- September 18, 2009| ByGale Tyler | Ralferd C. Freytag | Laara Williamsen | Linda Ironside | Alice Edge|Contrary to false rumors circulating in the United States, we have choice of doctors, our physicians have choice of hospitals and we have full medical, surgical and hospital coverage...
- September 16, 2009| BySumitra McMurchy | Penni Burrell | Paul-André Larose | Morrie Levy | Rollad Miller|Dear American neighbours...
- September 16, 2009| ByAndrew Murray | Nina Kessler | C. Mader | Soraya Mohamed | David Hagel|Dear American neighbours...
- September 15, 2009| ByDaniel Henshaw | Valerie | Jim Riesberry | Carolyn Mudge|Dear American neighbours...
- September 14, 2009| ByPaula Mallea | Hannah | Zainab Amadahy | Karin Brothers|Dear American neighbours...
- September 14, 2009| BySheri Birch | Barry V. Fisher | B.H. Nation | Louise Garnock|Dear American neighbours...
- September 14, 2009| ByKate Lawton|I am shocked, like many Canadians, by the outright lies being told about Canada's health care system in the US media.
- September 14, 2009| ByRon Hansen | Linda Melvin | Susan Schellenberg | Lyn Adamson|Dear American neighbours...
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The Canadian System
- Canadians pick their own doctors.
- Doctors run their own private practices; they don't work for the government.
- The government is the sole insurance agency, or the only (single) "payer" to pay doctors.
- Per capita costs for health care in Canada, according to the OECD, is 46% lower than in the U.S. (And in the U.S. lack of health insurances causes about 18,000 deaths a year.)
Further reading:
- Single Payer FAQ
- 10 myths about Canadian Health Care, Busted
- Top 5 health care lies and how to fight back
- Reality check on for profit health care facilities
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