Apparently, putting everyone in Medicare (i.e., creating a universal system like Canada’s) leads to worse results than having only some people in Medicare (i.e., having a mixed public/private system), says John C. Goodman, president of the National Center for Policy Analysis.
For example, in a National Bureau of Economic Research study, David and June O’Neill draw on a large U.S./Canadian patient survey to show that:
These differences in screening may explain why U.S. cancer patients do better than their Canadian counterparts, says Goodman. For example:
Amazingly, says Goodman, there are quite a few Canadians who are not being treated for conditions that clearly require a doctor’s attention:
Source: John Goodman, Health Care Consumers Know Something Government Planners Don’t, The Insider, Winter 2008.
For text: http://www.insideronline.org/feature.cfm?id=222
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FMF Policy Bulletin/ 01 April 2008
