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[Nadine Miller]

Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
> der Mouse wrote:
>>> Both require money so they both have that limit.
>>
>> They do?  The Canadian one doesn't - at least not in my experience.
> 
> Of course the Canadian system requires money.  It's just that the 
> patient isn't the one paying.

Yes they are, it's just being obscured by the fact that their taxes are 
used to cover it.

Also, not *all* medical costs in Canada are covered by the single payer 
system.  Specifically prescriptions are not.  This is a double-whammy 
for retired people, since, as far as I am aware, all prescription 
insurance coverage in Canada is tied to employer group programs.  Having 
a chronic health problem requiring drug maintenance in Canada and being 
retired can kill your fixed income.

Yes, first hand--my mother-in-law is 82, on pension, and has chronic 
health issues.  She's lucky insofar as her and my father-in-law 
recognized that pension would not be enough and socked away a lot more 
than many other people their age.

They also faced the limits of socialized medicine before my 
father-in-law's death--they traveled to Baja for arthritis and COPD 
treatments on their own dime in the '90s--treatments that were not 
offered in Canada.

=Nadine=