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In reply to the discussion: 63,459 Canadians sought medical treatment outside of Canada in 2016 [View all]NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)1. I don't see anything about their economic status.
The wealthy will always have more options available to them.
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63,459 Canadians sought medical treatment outside of Canada in 2016 [View all]
OnlinePoker
Jun 2017
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Agreed the summary sucks - there is a link to the complete report on the summary report
rufus dog
Jun 2017
#41
I don't know about Americans, but the rest is in the report if you'd read it. n/t
OnlinePoker
Jun 2017
#3
Yes, that's more than twice the number per capita than Canada (0.43% US vs. 0.18% Canada)
George II
Jun 2017
#28
And how many got sick while outside Canada? The biggest group visited Otolaryngologists....
George II
Jun 2017
#17
Precisely- I'll bet many of those treated outside of Canada got sick while traveling.
George II
Jun 2017
#18
The purpose, of course, is to support the right-wing argument that Canada's single payer
DanTex
Jun 2017
#10
The New York Times has described the (Fraser) Institute as libertarian[12] and conservative.[2]
Jim__
Jun 2017
#9
So? Canada is a country of 36 million people, so that's less than 0.2%. Are those people...
George II
Jun 2017
#16
pondering some dental work to be done in mexico cause i sure as hell can not afford it here
dembotoz
Jun 2017
#24
Health Canada pays for the care and travel expenses of Quebec and New Brunswick residents
jpak
Jun 2017
#30
Worthless information - Fraser Institute is a conservative and libertarian think tank
SharonClark
Jun 2017
#44