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Surgeon/scientist promoting science in medicine and exposing quackery. Editor of Science-Based Medicine. My opinions do NOT represent those of my employers.

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    1. Art Fougner‏ @sonodoc99 30 Jul 2019
      Replying to @terrysimpson @gorskon

      You've not been conversing with Ontario Medical Society's Past President @shawn_whatley

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    2. Terry Simpson‏ @terrysimpson 30 Jul 2019
      Replying to @sonodoc99 @gorskon @shawn_whatley

      I like OHIP - great system - have lots of friends and family that use it

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    3. Art Fougner‏ @sonodoc99 30 Jul 2019
      Replying to @terrysimpson @gorskon @shawn_whatley

      Sure and we in NY are thanked for handling the overflow.

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    4. Shawn D. Whatley‏ @shawn_whatley 30 Jul 2019
      Replying to @sonodoc99 @terrysimpson @gorskon

      Canadian system could not survive without the USA to act as a backstop. Trouble is that those with power to change the system are the ones most able to leave it when their families get sick. >217,000 patients left Canada for Care in 2017:https://www.secondstreet.org/2019/03/11/over-217500-canadians-left-the-country-for-health-care-in-2017/ …

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    5. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 30 Jul 2019
      Replying to @shawn_whatley @sonodoc99 @terrysimpson

      It is pure BS to say that the Canadian system couldn't survive without the US system. Also: "It should be noted that Statistics Canada was not able to provide a breakdown between medically necessary and cosmetic spending/travel."🙄🤦‍♂️

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    6. Terry Simpson‏ @terrysimpson 30 Jul 2019
      Replying to @gorskon @shawn_whatley @sonodoc99

      Anecdotes abound - we have a huge problem with rural hospitals closing, especially in the deep red states that did not expand Medicaid. My friend who just had a CABG in Ontario is quite happy

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    7. Art Fougner‏ @sonodoc99 30 Jul 2019
      Replying to @terrysimpson @gorskon @shawn_whatley

      Well there’s this somewhat less anecdotal https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-long-do-canadians-wait-for-healthcare …

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    8. Terry Simpson‏ @terrysimpson 30 Jul 2019
      Replying to @sonodoc99 @gorskon @shawn_whatley

      Also depends on how you define waiting. If you have arthritis for the hip but not ready for surgery you are on a waitlist. In the US you start waiting when you contact the surgeon. Apples and oranges. And where you are- easier to get Rx in Toronto than Cobourg

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    9. Art Fougner‏ @sonodoc99 30 Jul 2019
      Replying to @terrysimpson @gorskon @shawn_whatley

      As I said - cheap fast good - pick two. Also - who said reform needs to be either or? Perhaps a blend of say Singapore w Australia might work

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    10. Terry Simpson‏ @terrysimpson 30 Jul 2019
      Replying to @sonodoc99 @gorskon @shawn_whatley

      It isn’t who pays that makes the difference - it is the decision locally about what resources to put into healthcare and how much is done for it. Singapore has more government funding for healthcare by percent than the US

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      David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 30 Jul 2019
      Replying to @terrysimpson @sonodoc99 @shawn_whatley

      Also, the UK's NHS uses its volume buying power to negotiate lower prices with pharma, something Medicare is, stupidly enough, expressly forbidden by law to do.

      10:20 AM - 30 Jul 2019
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        1. Art Fougner‏ @sonodoc99 30 Jul 2019
          Replying to @gorskon @terrysimpson @shawn_whatley

          There's gold in them thar pills https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/23/health/phrma-lobbying-costs-bn/index.html …

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