Riki Tiki Tavi <ti...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> repeating republican talking
points stated:
>I'm talking about why Canucks stream south to get surgery HERE!
The question should also be asked why so many Americans stream north
for healthcare?
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE7D8143AF933A15751C1A965958260
Lacking a national health care system of their own, thousands of
Americans are tapping into Canada's -- illegally.
"It's not an epidemic in any one person's practice," said Keith MacLeod,
an obstetrician in Windsor, Ontario, across from Detroit, "but I would
estimate that from 12
to 20 of my patients at any one time are ineligible Americans. And I'm
just one of 520 doctors in Windsor, 23,000 in Ontario."
Dr. MacLeod, former president of the Es*** County Medical Society,
delivers about 400 babies a year.
A re****t prepared for Ontario's Health Minister indicated that from August
1992 to February 1993, 60,000 medical claims had been made on behalf of
patients who held
American drivers' licenses. The total number of improper claims in Ontario
was estimated at 600,000.
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entire article.>
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