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Some preeminent foreign statesmen rulers who have gotten / who are getting their surgeries done in the United States. Daniel E. "Danny" Williams, QC a Canadian

Some preeminent foreign statesmen rulers who have gotten / who are getting their surgeries done in the United States. Daniel E. "Danny" Williams, QC a Canadian politician, businessman and lawyer who served as the ninth Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador between November 6, 2003, and December 3, 2010. [1] Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was King of Saudi Arabia and Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques from 2005 to his death in 2015. [2] Moses Veerasammy Nagamootoo is a Guyanese politician and writer who has been Prime Minister of Guyana since 2015. [3] [1] 'Danny Millions' Williams heads south for heart surgery https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2010/02/03/danny_millions_williams_heads_south_for_heart_surgery.html https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2010/02/03/danny_million... [2] Waldorf-Astoria Bumps Guests for King Abdullah's Entourage / The Room Is Booked, Until the Hotel Says It Isn’t https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/14/business/14road.html https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/14/business/14road.html [3] Prime Minister Nagamootoo to Undergo Heart Surgery in the United States https://www.thewestindianonline.com/prime-minister-nagamootoo-to-undergo-heart-surgery-in-the-united-states/ https://www.thewestindianonline.com/prime-minister-nagamooto... edit: typo; rephrased sentence

Sharlin 7y ago
Yes? Nobody's denying that it's easy to get very good medical care very quickly if you have enough money! That's of course, completely irrelevant to the topic of this discussion, or, if anything, emphasizes the inequality inherent in the American system.
- wozniacki 7y ago
  Just adding context that when it comes critical medical care involving specialized care, the United States almost has no equal - not even close. Whether that is Level 1 trauma facilities, oncology facilities, cutting edge research laboratories or doctors with deep expertise in such fields, the United States is second to none. This is not an oft brought point when discussing the merits of the U.S system despite its failings and short comings. Also: The Fraser Institute, a Canadian public policy think tank, estimates that 52,513 Canadians received non-emergency medical treatment in the U.S. and other countries in 2014, a 25 percent jump from the roughly 41,838 who sought medical care abroad the previous year. In citing those numbers in its 2015 report, "Leaving Canada for Medical Care," the organization said difficulties in obtaining timely medical care at home is, increasingly, leading Canadians to seek it abroad. "It is possible [they] may have left the country to avoid some of the adverse medical consequences of waiting for care, such as worsening of their condition, poorer outcomes following treatment, disability, or death," the report says. "Some may leave simply to avoid delay and to make a quicker return to normal life." Canadians could expect to wait 9.8 weeks for medically necessary treatment after seeing a specialist in 2014, the researchers found, three weeks more than the time physicians considered to be clinically "reasonable."[1] [1] Canadians Increasingly Come to U.S. For Health Care / Crossing the Border for Care https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2016-08-03/canadians-increasingly-come-to-us-for-health-care https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2016-08-...
  - SolaceQuantum 7y ago
    But, again, we’re not talking about how amazing the system is if you have money. We’re talking about how the system utterly fails to disseminate basic healthcare to the vast majority of people in a way that doesn’t destroy them.
  - disordinary 7y ago
    There's also a scale that the United States has over all other OECD countries. It's by far the largest in population and therefore has more specialist equipment. A country like Canada with almost a tenth of the population will have less facilities.

Sharlin 7y ago

Yes? Nobody's denying that it's easy to get very good medical care very quickly if you have enough money! That's of course, completely irrelevant to the topic of this discussion, or, if anything, emphasizes the inequality inherent in the American system.

wozniacki 7y ago
Just adding context that when it comes critical medical care involving specialized care, the United States almost has no equal - not even close. Whether that is Level 1 trauma facilities, oncology facilities, cutting edge research laboratories or doctors with deep expertise in such fields, the United States is second to none. This is not an oft brought point when discussing the merits of the U.S system despite its failings and short comings. Also: The Fraser Institute, a Canadian public policy think tank, estimates that 52,513 Canadians received non-emergency medical treatment in the U.S. and other countries in 2014, a 25 percent jump from the roughly 41,838 who sought medical care abroad the previous year. In citing those numbers in its 2015 report, "Leaving Canada for Medical Care," the organization said difficulties in obtaining timely medical care at home is, increasingly, leading Canadians to seek it abroad. "It is possible [they] may have left the country to avoid some of the adverse medical consequences of waiting for care, such as worsening of their condition, poorer outcomes following treatment, disability, or death," the report says. "Some may leave simply to avoid delay and to make a quicker return to normal life." Canadians could expect to wait 9.8 weeks for medically necessary treatment after seeing a specialist in 2014, the researchers found, three weeks more than the time physicians considered to be clinically "reasonable."[1] [1] Canadians Increasingly Come to U.S. For Health Care / Crossing the Border for Care https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2016-08-03/canadians-increasingly-come-to-us-for-health-care https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2016-08-...
- SolaceQuantum 7y ago
  But, again, we’re not talking about how amazing the system is if you have money. We’re talking about how the system utterly fails to disseminate basic healthcare to the vast majority of people in a way that doesn’t destroy them.
- disordinary 7y ago
  There's also a scale that the United States has over all other OECD countries. It's by far the largest in population and therefore has more specialist equipment. A country like Canada with almost a tenth of the population will have less facilities.