What are you doing to protect yourself from our failing healthcare system?

Posted by: chupacabra

Sugar for sure.  80's cereals were the craziest shit ever and I am always amazed when I still see them on the shelves.  I ate Froot Loops almost every morning and half the kids in class had Wagon Wheels in their lunch.

Add in Gatorade marketing which led to the whole sports drink industry which puts piles of sugar in it. The one's who marketed the whole Hydrate or Die Dogma and told us all to drink before we where thirsty. Telling us that despite centuries of evolution that somehow our bodies thirst mechanism was flawed and should be ignored. Yet in the end created more medical problems due to over hydration.

https://www.news24.com/health24/diet-and-nutrition/beverages/tim-noakes-on-overhydration-in-athletes-20120721

The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) surveyed its members and found 53 per cent of doctors were reporting burnout in 2021, compared to 30 per cent in 2017. A similar survey of 5,200 nurses by the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario found more than 75 per cent of nurses qualified as burnt-out in 2021. "It is like driving around with only $5 in the gas tank, knowing that winter is here, knowing that a day that's minus 30 is just around the corner, but then not changing the approach and idling and then running out of gas," said CMA president Dr. Alika Lafontaine.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/healthcare-crisis-doctors-hospitals-rethink-1.6695642

I am not worried.  Technology will take care of the problem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmUVo0xVAqE

Posted by: Endurimil

And if I wasn’t a veteran I wouldn’t have been able to access mental illness help after getting hit. Well, unless was able to spend $200 every two weeks for it. 

Oh, those supports a year ago where cut by the management at NDHQ by the way. 

Oh….wait did hey tell you how resilient you are?🤬

I just recently got to endure one hell of a ride in Both systems, as well as the US Healthcare system. And lemme say, Medical Care in the CAF isnt much better these days brother. 

Our MO's and Nursing O's are leaving for the greenbacks once their obligatory contract is done. The rest are getting rode into the dirt, burning out, and taking a mental health 3B release just to survive. 

Of the 4 Health Care establishments Ive dealt with since I decided to break my leg on a ride on 19 Dec, overall the American hospital was the best.

In the door, in a room, xrayed, splinted, taught the art of crutch and discharged in 1h45m. However that comes with downsides, had I not had my Blue Cross, I would have been on the hook for 11k USD. If you dont have health insurance in the US of A, you're doomed.

And while here back home we have public funding vs insurance based access. The 11.5hrs I spent sitting in tremendous pain at the ER in Ajax ON after being turned away by their own fracture clinic, with a ortho referral in hand no less, to be treated like a developmentally delayed child by a haughty doc from the UK tells me, we are unwell. Result of that visit? 2x T4's and a Doc who completely missed the blood clots that formed in my calf/thigh after the break that ended up almost dropping me. 

And you'd think on return to Petawawa that the Green Machine would take care of its own? Nope. Just a B Surg who says he will handle the referral to the local fracture clinic on 21 Dec... then just doesnt and peaces out on the christmas leave block. Thankfully that was caught by a Nursing O friend who was curious why I wasnt casted, nor on thinners for the obvious clots and she got the wheels turning which finally got me a cast and blood thinners on... 11 Jan! 

All in all, Healthcare across the nation needs a massive bolus of funding and reinvigoration. But that comes with a cost and I dont think the body politic of the Canadian public is ready to swallow that bill...

Posted by: chupacabra

I am not worried.  Technology will take care of the problem.

We laugh. But look up the EPIC Healthcare Triage system theyre now running at hospitals across Ontario... Its the pushboard the nurse uses in the previous scene but in text format.  Got to use it and have another 'Shit, Idiocracy was actually a Prophetic Warning' moments while trying to access ER services...

Posted by: KDix85

Posted by: chupacabra

I am not worried.  Technology will take care of the problem.

We laugh. But look up the EPIC Healthcare Triage system theyre now running at hospitals across Ontario... Its the pushboard the nurse uses in the previous scene but in text format.  Got to use it and have another 'Shit, Idiocracy was actually a Prophetic Warning' moments while trying to access ER services...

I think the tech will take us in 2 directions.  On the one hand there are really great things coming, especially when it comes to screening.  People are worried about automation taking McJobs, but I think it's the doctors and lawyers that need to look over their shoulders because AI will be much better at diagnosing patients and reviewing legal documents than a human will ever be.

On the other hand, all of this tech is used almost exclusively at this point to save businesses money, not to improve service.   I would assume the health system will do the same and just replace people with automated BS so they can do more with fewer people with less training.

We, as a nation, have spent multiple generations voting for whoever promises to lower our taxes. Damn near every federal government has lowered taxes more than the one prior. Well, there ya go, Canada, those taxes pay for health care, education, roads and water/sewer infrastructure, along with thousands of other things. So this is where we're at. Schools don't have the supplies they had when I was in elementary/secondary school. Kids have to buy things that used to be given out in class. Health care outcomes and wait times are getting worse. And so on ... as Rick Mercer put it so brilliantly, the voters are saying "we will vote for a gerbil if we can get a dollar back".

The voters need to learn that taxes actually do some good, and stop complaining about paying for our "free" health care with their taxes. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w87i7mt3KY

Posted by: KenN

"free" health care 

*spews beverage out of nose*

LOL.  Free.. pffttt. And the health care provided by the Ontario Ministry of Unhealthcare was a mess long before Doug Ford,  Lots of scary little details that no one knows about.

And in some departments the beat healthcare practice is to encourage those needing help to seek MAID.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ziLR9GSqT8&t=677s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWhKMIH-GQI

Posted by: KenN

We, as a nation, have spent multiple generations voting for whoever promises to lower our taxes. Damn near every federal government has lowered taxes more than the one prior. 

Mostly true, but when the Liberals came into power it meant that a lot of people, like me at the time, paid a lot more income tax as a result of that vote when they eliminated income splitting.  You are welcome Canada.  ;)

I think a big part of this is that conservatives are really good at messaging and the ineptitude/corruption of the government and the resulting overspending is low-hanging fruit.  Conservatives complain about high taxes and overspending while in opposition and make it worse while in power by blowing the budget up and giving out corporate tax breaks.  Rinse and repeat.  It is hard to get even liberal voters to agree with more taxes when they believe the money will all be pissed out of the window.

Posted by: KDix85

Of the 4 Health Care establishments Ive dealt with since I decided to break my leg on a ride on 19 Dec, overall the American hospital was the best.

In the door, in a room, xrayed, splinted, taught the art of crutch and discharged in 1h45m. However that comes with downsides, had I not had my Blue Cross, I would have been on the hook for 11k USD. If you dont have health insurance in the US of A, you're doomed.

So is the solution to buy travel medical insurance and just be lucky enough to get sick while travelling in the US?

Posted by: chupacabra

Mostly true, but when the Liberals came into power it meant that a lot of people, like me at the time, paid a lot more income tax as a result of that vote when they eliminated income splitting. You are welcome Canada. ;)

Income splitting that was introduced by Harper's Conservatives and was a measure that benefitted predominately middle and higher income households.

KenNs point still stands.

https://financialpost.com/news/economy/income-splitting-to-cost-canada-2-2-billion-and-have-near-zero-impact-on-low-income-households-pbo-report-says

https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_buettner_how_to_live_to_be_100

Posted by: Couch_Surfer

Posted by: chupacabra

Mostly true, but when the Liberals came into power it meant that a lot of people, like me at the time, paid a lot more income tax as a result of that vote when they eliminated income splitting. You are welcome Canada. ;)

Income splitting that was introduced by Harper's Conservatives and was a measure that benefitted predominately middle and higher income households.

KenNs point still stands.

https://financialpost.com/news/economy/income-splitting-to-cost-canada-2-2-billion-and-have-near-zero-impact-on-low-income-households-pbo-report-says

My point stands as well.  Not all of us vote for lower taxes.  I knowingly voted for much higher taxes because I knew it was a bullshit vote grab by Harper that just happened to benefit me personally.  At the time my wife wasn't working and it lowered our taxes for the year considerably.  Splitting the income 50/50 was not fair, but maybe allowing the spouse to claim the basic 14K or whatever it is would work.

I went to the walk-in clinic and the door was locked.  Receptionist came to the door she asked if I had an appointment.  I said no.  She said I had to make an appointment and can't just walk-in.