Canada’s health care system has been getting plenty of U.S에서 누르십시오. 최근에 during the intense debate about health care reform.

American journalist T.R. 리드, has just published a new book, 미국의 치유: A Global Quest for Better, 저렴, 그리고 공평한 건강 관리, in which he looks at not just the Canadian system, but at health care models around the world.

Reid shares his own experiences seeking care for his “bum shoulder” in the U.K., 프랑스, 독일, 일본, 캐나다.

In an article for the 워싱턴 포스트, “5 세계 일주 헬스 케어에 관하여 ì‹ í™”,” Reid argues that the U.S. health care system actually takes elements from many other countries’ medical models, including Canada’s:

여러 가지 방법으로, foreign health-care models are not really “foreign” to America, because our crazy-quilt health-care system uses elements of all of them. For Native Americans or veterans, we’re Britain: The government provides health care, funding it through general taxes, 환자는 더 계산서를 얻을. For people who get insurance through their jobs, we’re Germany: Premiums are split between workers and employers, and private insurance plans pay private doctors and hospitals.

For people over 65, we’re Canada: Everyone pays premiums for an insurance plan run by the government (메디케어), and the public plan pays private doctors and hospitals according to a set fee schedule. And for the tens of millions without insurance coverage, we’re Burundi or Burma: In the world’s poor nations, sick people pay out of pocket for medical care; those who can’t pay stay sick or die.

You can also listen to an interview with Reid about his health care adventures on NPR’s ì‹ ì„ í•œ 공기.

그래서 캐나다는 자신의 보건 의료 시스템에 대해 어떻게 생각하십니까?

Despite ongoing concerns about 긴 기다립니다 for certain types of medical procedures, a recent survey by the ê±´ê°• 정보를위한 캐나다 연구소 found that overall, Canadians are “happy with primary health care.”

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