Jules: Perhaps because her receiving follow up maintenance treatment in Canada would be par for the course for the wealthy foreigners who come here for treatment then bash the hell out of Americans for having an expensive health care system.
Also interesting that you would leave this part out:
“Speed was not the issue, MacEachern said — it was more to do with the type of surgery she and her doctor agreed was best for her, and where it was best performed. The type of cancer Stronach had — ductal carcinoma in situ — is one of the more treatable forms.”
A basic procedure to excise the cancer is best left treated outside of Canada?!?!? What happens when something tricky comes along? I perish the thought.
The US could lower costs back to 1950′s/60′s levels (in terms of % of income spent) with one simple step: TORT REFORM. Malpractice insurance is such a monstrous cost that we are bent over a barrel every time a hospital is dragged to court every time a sore throat doesn’t heal fast enough. There are other things that could be done, but that’s #1 and the biggest.
