Tag: canadian healthcare

A Canadian style healthcare system for the USA? No bills, no hassles, no paperwork, no deductibles and it works too.

A Canadian style healthcare system for the USA? No bills, no hassles, no paperwork, no deductibles and it works too. Our healthcare system is for a mess.   From our perspective as a healthcare provider, having to deal with care denials, pre-certifications, and third party administrators, which is behind the scenes of most doctor’s offices does little to improve the quality of care. Insurers are also auditing doctors and recouping money if their notes fail to include everything necessary to justify their fees.  Doctors have become obsessive about their notes for this reason which often distracts them from your care. There Read More »

Canada’s healthcare system may teach us about how to make healthcare affordable for all of us.

Canada’s healthcare system may teach us about how to make healthcare affordable for all of us. The discussion behind Medicare for all is growing louder, as our current system of private insurers and high administrative costs is failing us. Most doctors offices spend hours on the phone wondering why they weren’t paid, or getting a precertification for services that they believed were medically necessary. In the USA, many countries are ahead of the USA with health benchmarks, while we spend more than anyone.  “In 2014, Canada spent 10.45 percent of its national GDP on healthcare. The United State’s expenditure was Read More »