why cannot a NS resident have a procedure not available in NS or in restricted supply done in a foreign jurisdiction,personally pay the cost in that foreign jurisdiction and receive a rebate from the NS health care equal to the cost to have had it done in NS
Personally I had a “Mohs treatment” done in the US this year–this is a treatment for benign skin cancer to prevent it becoming malignant.
The treatment is not available at this time in NS–although I understand it may soon be as a qualified applicant (dermatologist) is attempting to satisfy requirements to receive a billing code or number
My necessity to have the procedure is/was supported by a certificate from a qualified pathologist–it is not a procedure a person would have without need in any event.
if this principle were applied to joint surgery by those who,by necessity or means can have procedures done in a foreign jurisdiction it would free up spaces for those who are more restricted in travel expenses.
This is not really a complicated solution to a problem aggravated by narrow minded bureaucracy.
–and by limiting the supply the State is only offering health care on a “luck of the draw” basis instead of the “universal basis” so often referred to and loved by politicians.
Universal means that everyone is covered. Supply is rationed. The system tries to make sure that the sickest people get the best care, not the richest.
hardly my definition or criteria for “universal equal health care” when supply is rationed.
Seems I read somewhere that “we are all equal but some are more equal than others”
why cannot a NS resident have a procedure not available in NS or in restricted supply done in a foreign jurisdiction,personally pay the cost in that foreign jurisdiction and receive a rebate from the NS health care equal to the cost to have had it done in NS
Personally I had a “Mohs treatment” done in the US this year–this is a treatment for benign skin cancer to prevent it becoming malignant.
The treatment is not available at this time in NS–although I understand it may soon be as a qualified applicant (dermatologist) is attempting to satisfy requirements to receive a billing code or number
My necessity to have the procedure is/was supported by a certificate from a qualified pathologist–it is not a procedure a person would have without need in any event.
if this principle were applied to joint surgery by those who,by necessity or means can have procedures done in a foreign jurisdiction it would free up spaces for those who are more restricted in travel expenses.
This is not really a complicated solution to a problem aggravated by narrow minded bureaucracy.
bill f | May 24, 2019 |
The problem is that this would blow the budget. In a single payer system the only way you can control the cost is by limiting the supply.
Bill | May 25, 2019 |
–and by limiting the supply the State is only offering health care on a “luck of the draw” basis instead of the “universal basis” so often referred to and loved by politicians.
bill | May 25, 2019 |
Universal means that everyone is covered. Supply is rationed. The system tries to make sure that the sickest people get the best care, not the richest.
Bill | May 26, 2019 |
hardly my definition or criteria for “universal equal health care” when supply is rationed.
Seems I read somewhere that “we are all equal but some are more equal than others”
bill | May 26, 2019 |