CDC says don't go to Canada

[TheseGoTo11]

Originally Posted by Enough_Already

So much for socialized medicine.
https://www.wkbw.com/news/coronaviru...ure-vaccinated

It's not socialized medicine per se, but the complete lack of commercial innovations up there. They don't develop or manufacture anything significant in biotech. Canadian companies raise 100x less biotech venture capital than US companies and many of their top scientists come here. They also have fewer resources overall due to lower per capita GDP.

[Zoisite]

CDC says don't go to Canada

And the CDC in Canada says don't go to America or anywhere else outside your local community.

So what? What else is new?

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[ChevySpoons]

Originally Posted by TheseGoTo11

It's not socialized medicine per se, but the complete lack of commercial innovations up there. They don't develop or manufacture anything significant in biotech. Canadian companies raise 100x less biotech venture capital than US companies and many of their top scientists come here. They also have fewer resources overall due to lower per capita GDP.

You've been told, in this and other threads, how much pharmaceutical innovation in Canada happens. What we lack are the facilities to manufacture what we find. You can be thankful that we share our research with the world, so they can manufacture what we cannot.

Biotech venture capital has nothing to do with it, nor does "socialized medicine" (which we do not have, by the way), nor does the "brain drain" to the US (name us one--just one--researcher who went from Canada to the US because whatever--just name one, and provide solid cites). We can innovate; we just lack the facilities to manufacture.

We can innovate. We cannot manufacture. That's pretty much it.

[Natnasci]

Originally Posted by TexasLawyer2000

You do realize that Canada has the exact same healthcare system that we do, right? The only difference is that in addition to our system, they have a government solution as well. The private health insurance and medical system works just as well as ours. Your OP makes no sense.

This post sounds like you think Canada has a two-tiered system, where one can choose between private insurance or a public option.

If that's the case, then let me clear that up, if not, then stop here

Canada has the Canada Health Act, which states what each province and territory must cover under each province and territory's health insurance.

Each province and territory can add, but not remove certain coverage. The coverage covers a lot.

Private insurance can only cover what is not covered, like prescriptions out of hospital, but depending on the province or territory some of this may be covered. Also dental, and regular eye care may not be covered.

Here in BC this is what our provincial insurance covers.

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/h...covered-by-msp

So no two tiered system. In other words, private insurance can not offer coverage for things covered by my MSP.

It is only like the US system in the fact that doctors, clinics. labs, and hospitals are either private, or non-profit.
Some are partnerships, like an Urgent Care Centre near me.

So unlike what some have posted on CD, doctors are not government employees. They set their own hours, set up their own offices etc.

The other major difference, is that there are no premiums, no co-pays and no networks. We simply show our health card. The only forms are usually just health related.

It is simple and straight forward for patients, and those billing the provincial insurance.