Meester3224 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Yes, but it's technically illegal

seeksthetruth7 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

What a bunch of crap, I can go to a private doctor, who writes this shit? lol

middimar (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

go play w/ toys. wft does that have to do w/ anything

thepineappleranch (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Canadians are funny!

dsiminiuk (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

What moron would buy an MRI machine if he can't make a profit because of the regulated rates the the Govm't pays? Would that be you?My father had to wait from January'08 to August to get back surgery in BC. His date was moved up to May because some other poor bastard died while also waiting. True fact. This is not an isolated incident.

anthony62490 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

-The gov't will make sure NONE of us have decent healthcare.-No sure that's the intention, but that is definately the result that will come about. Once the govenrnment is responsible for your life, what are the odds that they decide to cut spending? Healthcare is a privilege, not a right. In the same way that food is not a right. Everyone must pull their own weight.

Dawson3373 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

wtf just buy more MRIs and stop giving appointments to MRIs to people who don't need them, this is much more fixable then all the problems with the way the US does it

stinkupus (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

keep brainwashing the americans

povmcdov (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

In the NHS (UK) all patients with a suspected cancer are referred to a specialist within two weeks. The rural county I live in has at least 5 MRI machines covering 800K people. No waiting weeks for scans here. As a healthcare professional I would feel safer in the NHS than in the local private hospitals. If you want to skip the insignificant wait the NHS hospitals also provide private care, but you get the same treatment.The NHS is not perfect but I would take it over the US system anytime.

ArtificialCleverenAI (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Nice agenda-driven expose of an apparent socialised healthcare failure. From my own personal experience within the UK and France, serious cases are referred to consultants within days. Having had a relative survive cancer, upon suspicion of the disease they were in specialist care within four days. It's a matter of record that the UK's health system is orders of magnitude better than the US's by survival count for such diseases and operations.It's not free, either. Taxes pay for it.