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I think I need to explain a little further, my son surgery is a "Preventive" surgery, the specialist have to convinced us to let him preform the operation, the 1 year wait time is to see if the condition go away by it self first, we asked for it. It's a very minor operation but we did not want our son go go through it if he doesn't have too.
The specialist opinion was he doesn't have to do it, but it is better if he do it.
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The Commonwealth study did find one area where the U.S. was first by a wide margin: 51% of sick Americans surveyed did not visit a doctor, get a needed test, or fill a prescription within the past two years because of cost.
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I think I need to explain a little further, my son surgery is a "Preventive" surgery, the specialist have to convinced us to let him preform the operation, the 1 year wait time is to see if the condition go away by it self first, we asked for it. It's a very minor operation but we did not want our son go go through it if he doesn't have too.
The specialist opinion was he doesn't have to do it, but it is better if he do it.
Well, that makes more sense. I work in a pediatrician's office, most parents are very eager for their kids to get the care they need.
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The Commonwealth study did find one area where the U.S. was first by a wide margin: 51% of sick Americans surveyed did not visit a doctor, get a needed test, or fill a prescription within the past two years because of cost.
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This is where USA is first...
I worked in the immunization program for a local health dept. for years. There have been many studies done on unimmunized and under-immunized kids in the US. Most parents cited "cost" as one reason their kids weren't fully immunized, even when insurance covered immunizations! One reason, I think, for this is that most people feel cost is an acceptable excuse, better than "I didn't want to do it".
I think I need to explain a little further, my son surgery is a "Preventive" surgery, the specialist have to convinced us to let him preform the operation, the 1 year wait time is to see if the condition go away by it self first, we asked for it. It's a very minor operation but we did not want our son go go through it if he doesn't have too.
The specialist opinion was he doesn't have to do it, but it is better if he do it.
Your son would not get a "preventive" surgery in the US if he is not insured, and would likely be turned down even if he was insured until it became a much bigger problem.
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The Commonwealth study did find one area where the U.S. was first by a wide margin: 51% of sick Americans surveyed did not visit a doctor, get a needed test, or fill a prescription within the past two years because of cost. This is where USA is first...
Can you explain away the Canadian examples I provided?
And, lets see: Generic medicatons - becoming more and more available - $4.00 in some locales -
Kids Vaccinations: most areas they are readily avaliable for free if one cannot afford it. Same is true for adults.
Your son would not get a "preventive" surgery in the US if he is not insured, and would likely be turned down even if he was insured until it became a much bigger problem.
Don't be so sure. I am a pediatric nurse, and I disagree, depending, of course, on the nature of the surgery.
Your son would not get a "preventive" surgery in the US if he is not insured, and would likely be turned down even if he was insured until it became a much bigger problem.
Neither is true
Here we call it "elective" surgery.
If someone can get a boob job, a kid can get a "preventative" procedure
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