Canada introduction system of health insurance private E-mail Print

TORONTO, Canada - The Canada very long time still proud of the health system's public, and is regarded as a symbol of national values, and often look system of private insurance in the United States as a disadvantage.

But this supreme court decision was Canada that need a system health insurance to private insurance with public health. With this decision, we puncture the wild and bring not know the future of health insurance in Canada to start.

First, the decision can spring a debate in the gay gắt authorities in order to improve the chronic problem, the wait is too long a list operation, testing and treatment . Some experts believe that this decision will then bring the system to a private insurance combined insurance with public health.

Doctor Albert Schumcher, President Medical Association Canada, speech, "For the rights of our, this decision is a very stringent about how their operating system. I hope that this place will bring us to go to a system of private insurance. The word 'private' is always the politicians considered a bad word, associated with the United States and means' the only profitable, but not necessarily always be so. "

All started with a doctor any man, Mr. Jacques Chaoulli and his patient George Zeliotis is a traders retired, Quebec residents. He was waiting near a newly years to the list instead of surgery hipbone.

In a decision decomposed, sovereign Canada France Institute recently recorded a wait list for treatment it is too long, that is not acceptable, cause too many patients suffer or die before treatment. The supreme judge has rejected an act prohibited by the Quebec manufacturer of private health insurance are the cases of insurance the government provide. By sovereign decision of France, the patient as he should be Zeliotis go outside the public system and pay to enjoy the timely treatment through health insurance private.

Doctor Schumacher speech, "There are tens of thousands of cases he is Zeliotis whine because they must wait." For example, the patient he must have belonged to Detroit states neighboring United States and the equipment bags of money to pay taken 'CAT scans' within 6 days, instead of waiting 6 months in Canada. "(DP)