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GOOD HEALTH FOR LESS **( IN CANADA) CLICK THE LINK FOR THE ENTIRE ARTICLE.
It’s official, July 2008, Canada’s health care system is absolutely better than America’s.
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It’s an issue that used to be hotly debated, but a few years ago a massive Harvard Medical School study settled it once and for all. The study analyzed surveys of more than 8,000 people and found that not only are Canadians thinner and more active than Americans, but we’re less likely to have almost any disease you can think of, including diabetes, asthma, heart disease and major depression. International comparisons by other groups have since proved beyond a doubt that the hale Canadian is alive and well, literally.
When you look at lifespan and infant mortality — the leading indicators of a country’s health — we beat the Americans hands down…
The fact that we’re healthier than Americans is astounding when you realize that they spend enough per person each year on health care to buy each and every one of them a slightly used Honda Civic. In 2005 their combined public and private expenditure was US$6,401 per person, while we spent just US$3,326. So how come we’re so healthy?
Most experts agree it’s a combination of three factors: we take better care of ourselves, we take better care of our poor, and we only intervene with medical treatment when necessary.
Harvard Medical School’s Dr. Steffie Woolhandler, who co-authored the U.S. versus Canada analysis,
says that if you compare only the Americans who have good health insurance to Canadians, we come out about the same.
Because of those high costs, **a shocking 31 per cent of Americans who have insurance have decided to forgo care **they needed at some point,
while 68 per cent of those without insurance have done the same. Meanwhile in Canada, only 12 per cent say they have gone without care because of the cost…
…in Canada, doctors will try acupuncture, cortisone injections, and physiotherapy before surgery,
whereas in America, the operating theatre is often the first stop. But according to a study of back surgeries by the **University of Kansas Medican Center, while the Canadian approach is cheaper, it doesn’t produce worse long-term results. “Too much medicine isn’t always a good thing,” says Ladak.
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I think you’ll love it. It has a fantastic healthcare system in place. I’ve personally spoken directly to people in Washington involved in healthcare issues when trying to help individuals connect up with clinical trial studies. 
