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She didn't have to go to the US for the MRI; implication was the clinic was in Canada. Private care isn't illegal or anything there. People from the US go abro

She didn't have to go to the US for the MRI; implication was the clinic was in Canada. Private care isn't illegal or anything there. People from the US go abroad for care all the time.

DoreenMichele 6y ago
Sorry, you are correct. Nevermind.
kgwgk 6y ago
Some forms of getting private care are indeed illegal: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/private-two-tier-healthcare-brian-day-bc https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/private-two-tier-healthcare...
- newswasboring 6y ago
  From the article >“In Canada, the absence of a private system is not due to the illegality of private health care per se,” reads a 2001 analysis in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. “Rather, the lack of a flourishing private sector in Canada is most likely attributable to prohibitions on subsidization of private practice from the public plan.” Seems fair to me.
  - mlyle 6y ago
    Things like paying for a non-public health scan are indeed facing legal crackdowns, though: https://www.kelownanow.com/watercooler/news/news/Provincial/BC_cracking_down_on_private_MRI_s_surgeries_and_more/ https://www.kelownanow.com/watercooler/news/news/Provincial/... So someone in this position now would have fewer options besides waiting their turn in the queue.
    - newswasboring 6y ago
      > Extra billing is defined as additional fees charged by a physician or a clinic for a publicly-funded health procedure that is medically necessary, or when a patient pays out of their own pocket for such a procedure in a private facility This is about extra billing, not per se about MRI. So still seems fair to me.
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      - kgwgk 6y ago
        So it's fair that you cannot get an MRI done paying for it? In any case, that shows that getting private care may not be an option in Canada.
        newswasboring 6y ago
        > So it's fair that you cannot get an MRI done paying for it? Yup, while the system is being subsidized with public money you can't just setup something competing while taking advantage of the public system too.

She didn't have to go to the US for the MRI; implication was the clinic was in Canada. Private care isn't illegal or anything there. People from the US go abroad for care all the time.

DoreenMichele 6y ago

Sorry, you are correct. Nevermind.

kgwgk 6y ago

Some forms of getting private care are indeed illegal: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/private-two-tier-healthcare-brian-day-bc https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/private-two-tier-healthcare...

newswasboring 6y ago
From the article >“In Canada, the absence of a private system is not due to the illegality of private health care per se,” reads a 2001 analysis in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. “Rather, the lack of a flourishing private sector in Canada is most likely attributable to prohibitions on subsidization of private practice from the public plan.” Seems fair to me.
- mlyle 6y ago
  Things like paying for a non-public health scan are indeed facing legal crackdowns, though: https://www.kelownanow.com/watercooler/news/news/Provincial/BC_cracking_down_on_private_MRI_s_surgeries_and_more/ https://www.kelownanow.com/watercooler/news/news/Provincial/... So someone in this position now would have fewer options besides waiting their turn in the queue.
  - newswasboring 6y ago
    > Extra billing is defined as additional fees charged by a physician or a clinic for a publicly-funded health procedure that is medically necessary, or when a patient pays out of their own pocket for such a procedure in a private facility This is about extra billing, not per se about MRI. So still seems fair to me.
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    - kgwgk 6y ago
      So it's fair that you cannot get an MRI done paying for it? In any case, that shows that getting private care may not be an option in Canada.
      - newswasboring 6y ago
        > So it's fair that you cannot get an MRI done paying for it? Yup, while the system is being subsidized with public money you can't just setup something competing while taking advantage of the public system too.