Canada’s health care system has been getting plenty of اضغط الامريكية في. مؤخرا during the intense debate about health care reform.

American journalist T.R. ريد, has just published a new book, الشفاء من أمريكا: A Global Quest for Better, أرخص, والرعاية الصحية أكثر إنصافا, 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., فرنسا, ألمانيا, Japan, وكندا.

In an article for the واشنطن بوست, “5 الأساطير حول الرعاية الصحية حول العالم,” Reid argues that the U.S. health care system actually takes elements from many other countries’ medical models, including Canada’s:

في نواح كثيرة, 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, والمرضى لا يحصلون على فواتير. 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 (الرعاية الطبية), 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 الهواء النقي.

فماذا الكنديين التفكير الخاصة بهم نظام الرعاية الصحية?

Despite ongoing concerns about ينتظر طويلة for certain types of medical procedures, a recent survey by the المعهد الكندي للمعلومات الصحية found that overall, Canadians are “happy with primary health care.”

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