But Where Will Americans Go When We Have Canadian Style Health Care?

Conn Carroll / September 15, 2009

According to new polling by Gallup done after President Barack Obama’s health care address, six in ten Americans say Obama’s proposal, if enacted, would not achieve his goals of expanding coverage to nearly all Americans without raising taxes on the middle class or lowering the quality of health care. President Barack Obama says his health care plan will not lead to government rationing of health care, but government run health care systems around the world have had to control costs by doing just that. One way governments are forced to ration care is by delaying treatment. In Canada alone, there are an estimated 875,000 Canadians currently on the waiting list for referrals to specialists or for medical procedures.

But Canadians still have some options. In 2003, Timely Medical Alternatives Inc. was formed to help Canadians, take personal responsibility for their own medical care and “Leave the queue”. Depending on the province, TMI can sometimes find private health care services in Canada, but not in all provinces and not for all services. TMI advertises to British Columbia residents: (more…)