Canada’s health care system has been getting plenty of 米記者. 最近 医療制度改革について激しい議論中.

American journalist T.R. リード, ちょうど新しい本を出版した, アメリカのヒーリング: A Global Quest for Better, 安い, そしてより公平ヘルスケア, 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., フランス, ドイツ, 日本, カナダ.

In an article for the ワシントン·ポスト, “5 世界一周ヘルスケアについての神話,” Reid argues that the U.S. health care system actually takes elements from many other countries’ medical models, including Canada’s:

いろいろな意味で, 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, 患者は手形を得ない. 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 (メディケア), 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 Fresh Air.

So what do Canadians think about their own health care system?

Despite ongoing concerns about lengthy waits for certain types of medical procedures, a recent survey by the 健康情報のためのカナダの研究所 found that overall, Canadians are “happy with primary health care.”

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