Re: Digest Number 2413 Sharon

[Guest guest]

wrote:

> I am curios, after reading of all the problems we in the States have

> trying to find doctors who will treat us adequately for pain, do you

> have this problem in your country as well?

NO! I was blissfully unaware of what you lot go through. I knew you

had to pay for medical care or go with out. another thing we don't have

to worry about. Dr's treat everyone pretty good. We don't have all this

signing and DEA business. We don't have a DEA!

For eg. i hurt myself, lost my career. At no time have I paid one

cent for any medication, physio, hospital stays. etc... or gone without

a income. That's just the way it is here. :-)

Money or no money everyone gets into hospital and treated well. It's

going down hill a bit lately, we had a marvellous health care system,

but government just love to fix what's not broken. anyway, i hope we

don't continue to slid down until we get to what you're going through.

that would be awful. Just as a side issue, we are in the black

financially. You owe trillions $!

I think americans really get a rotten deal with their way of

government.

We have as you know a parliament, but I don't want to get involved in

all that political talk so i'll shut up now. <g>

Sharon.

[Guest guest]

wrote: > > I am curios, after reading of all the problems we

in the States have trying to find doctors who will treat us

adequately for pain, do you have this problem in your country as well?

Sharon wrote: >> NO! I was blissfully unaware of what you lot go

through. I knew you had to pay for medical care or go with out.

another thing we don't have to worry about. Dr's treat everyone

pretty good. We don't have all this signing and DEA business. We

don't have a DEA! For eg. i hurt myself, lost my career. At no time

have I paid one cent for any medication, physio, hospital stays.

etc... or gone without a income. <<

Thought I'd throw my 2 cents worth in here - it sounds like Australia

runs pretty much like Canada (only better!). When I read about all

the things our American friends have to go through, I shudder. Our

health care system is under-funded, old, and ridiculously slow - but

at least it's free and accessible for all. And there isn't all this

nonsense about doctors prescribing narcotics getting in trouble with

the government. And there's no drug testing by employers! - when I

first heard about that, I was shocked. What business is it of your

boss what you do in your spare time?!

Being a Canadian and hearing about the U.S. all the time I thought I

knew how things worked down there...but being a member of this site

has been a real eye-opener. I have to agree with Sharon when she says

it sounds like the American government doesn't treat it's citizens

very well sometimes.

Hope I haven't offended anyone -

Di

in Vancouver, B.C.

[Guest guest]

Sharon wrote:

> Money or no money everyone gets into hospital and treated well. It's

> going down hill a bit lately, we had a marvellous health care system,

> but government just love to fix what's not broken.

Same thing in Canada. It was working very well, then the politicians etc. got

to tinkering with it. If they do much more tinkering it will be ruined. That'd

be a shame.

" If it ain't broke - don't fix it. "

--

Lyndi

[Guest guest]

Sharon said:

> Money or no money everyone gets into hospital and treated well. It's

> going down hill a bit lately, we had a marvellous health care system,

> but government just love to fix what's not broken. anyway, i hope we

> don't continue to slid down until we get to what you're going through.

> that would be awful. Just as a side issue, we are in the black

> financially. You owe trillions $!

Siel (in Great Britain) adds

I was stunned when I joined the group to find out that things are the way

they are Stateside. I thought that I knew a fair bit about your health and

welfare systems, as our government of which ever persuasion gets ideas from

yours. Here people do have a safety net, although it's not very easy to

live on. We don't have to pay for healthcare, although it may take a while

no one fails to see a consultant. We do get rather fixated on operation

waiting times to the detriment of other treatment modalities.

For example, I'm seen in a multidisciplinary pain management unit and although I

might not get all of my treatment there (my gp " fills " ALL of my repeat

prescriptions, which are dispensed at any pharmacy I choose) I'm able to access

PMU services as and when. I'm able to see a specialist nurse/acupuncturist

every 6 months for up to 3 sessions. All of this is free at the point of

delivery although we do pay a lot for it through the pay packet.

Right, time to get off the soap box. :¬)))

Siel

[Guest guest]

Sharon,

Will you adopt me?

If only....lol

Sharon wrote:

NO! I was blissfully unaware of what you lot go through. I knew you

had to pay for medical care or go with out. another thing we don't have

to worry about. Dr's treat everyone pretty good. We don't have all this

signing and DEA business. We don't have a DEA!

For eg. i hurt myself, lost my career. At no time have I paid one

cent for any medication, physio, hospital stays. etc... or gone without

a income. That's just the way it is here. :-)