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Ah, I replied to the wrong comment. "Canada is that it's basically the only country in the world wherein it's illegal to pay a doctor to help you" - this is fac
by guyzero 10y ago
Ah, I replied to the wrong comment. "Canada is that it's basically the only country in the world wherein it's illegal to pay a doctor to help you" - this is factually untrue. There are private medical clinics in Canada. Doctors are not allowed to bill both provincial health systems as well as the patient at the same time.
Geez, here's a 10 year-old article about private clinics: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/private-health-clinics-continue-to-quietly-multiply-in-ontario/article18180506/ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/private-health-...
- guyzero 10y agoHere's a 2001 article about the interaction of private and public billing in Canada: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC80881/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC80881/ My personal medical advice to get get some ice on that burn.