Does National Health Care Really Work?

[Aquietguy]

HappySqurriel said:

 If you seriously believe this do you have any evidence to back up your claim? The standard of living of doctors has not been rising at a rate noticeably faster than the typical Canadian from what I have seen, which would indicate to me that there brain drain was playing a fairly minor role in the increase in the cost of healthcare ...

In contrast, where doctors used to use an X-Ray for in the 1960s (at a cost of roughly $250 when adjusted for inflation) they are now using multiple X-Rays and a MRI to diagnose (at a cost of over $2,500) ... The same can be said about othi diagnostic tools (like blood tests); antibotics, pain killers, and other drugs; and even things like patients expecting their own room full of the luxury electronics they have at home has a greater impact on the cost of healthcare.

 

You are right on this. The reason why they have to schedule all those test is the protect themselves from being sued. If some one is in a doctors care and there are 6 possible test that the doctor could schedule, if he schedules 5 and the patient dies or has a reversible condition, that doctor can be sued for malpractice. So they have to schedule all these expensive test to protect themselves.