The woman whose life is "pure hell.", because:
Tessier said she was assured by health officials that the wait time for her procedure was around three months.
And now...the politician moaning about the unfairness of it all...Health Minister Terry Lake on Sunday said they have been working to reduce wait times for surgeries around B.C. Last year, an extra $10 million was pumped into the medical system to reduce wait lists, he noted. “(But) we are still not where we want to be,” he said.
But wait...there's more.“I have been hearing about this issue constantly,” she said. “It is a very bad situation. It is completely unfair that people have to wait this long. We have some of the longest waiting times in the developed world.”
If you want a doctor, you can find a doctor. Just kidding.
But...they didn't meet that. And they squandered $132 million not meeting that.The Liberal government promised in 2010 to match every patient who wanted a family doctor with a general practitioner. In its 2013 re-election campaign, it allocated $132 million to the program, negotiated with Doctors of B.C., and named it A GP for Me.
But wait. If we can't meet our goal, we'll move the goal posts so that it looks like we're DOING SOMETHING.B.C. Health Minister Terry Lake conceded last year the government would not meet its election promise in 2015.
The Health Ministry wouldn’t say it has “abandoned” its GP for Me target. Instead, it said, it has “broadened” its view of what access to primary care looks like.
And now...I give you:“I think we will always strive to ensure that every British Columbian who needs access to primary care obtains access to primary care. You see jurisdiction after jurisdiction facing the same challenge, so we are all shifting the view of primary care.
the article saying, "Don't travel abroad for medical care because it's bad."
Oh, and your socialized medical system can't figure out what they effed up, either.Among them is Emily Reed, 46, who travelled to Tijuana, Mexico, for weight-loss surgery last year. Reed, who lives in Hythe, Alta., near the B.C. border, said she has lost more than half her body weight in the last 14 months and now fears for her health as her weight continues to decline. She blames the botched surgery for her health issues.
That's a medical service plan.More than 50,000 Canadian medical tourists make such trips every year, according to a report last year from the Fraser Institute. The same report suggested British Columbians are more likely than anyone else in the country to be medical tourists. Common reasons for going outside Canada for medical treatment include long waiting lists at home and high costs for treatments not covered by MSP.
the Conference Board of Canada reported last year that Canadians spent more than $440 million in 2013 travelling abroad for medical treatment.
Probably because the socialized medical care sucks.Medical tourism entrepreneurs say Canada, despite its socialized health care system, is a market that’s ripe for major growth.
The study said the estimated extra cost of $560,000 a year to the Alberta health system was an “extremely conservative estimate,” and doesn’t account for long-term care or hospital stays.
B.C.’s Ministry of Health advises against travelling out of Canada for medical treatment.
“All surgeries come with some risk, and people who go abroad could have potentially life-threatening complications, particularly in countries that may not have the regulations or standards that we have in B.C.”
This year, Destination Health is expected to draw thousands of attendees to Ottawa in September, said founder Pablo Castillo. He’s considering holding the 2017 event in B.C.
