How Health Care Ought to Work
1) 8PM yesterday evening, I chip my tooth while having dinner.
2) 9:45AM, I call my dentist from my desk at work and ask for the earliest possible appointment.
3) 11AM, appointment.
4) 11:30AM, dentist presents me with bill for $39 (1/4 of the cost, per my insurance through work).
5) 11:31AM, I pay bill and leave, tooth fixed.
I'd note that was all possible because, in Canada, we have dentistry entirely in the free market. That is to say, it's not part of Medicare. Simple - relatively cheap - quick, and reliable. I'd note that even if I needed a more serious procedure, it would have been done with equal rapidity.
2) 9:45AM, I call my dentist from my desk at work and ask for the earliest possible appointment.
3) 11AM, appointment.
4) 11:30AM, dentist presents me with bill for $39 (1/4 of the cost, per my insurance through work).
5) 11:31AM, I pay bill and leave, tooth fixed.
I'd note that was all possible because, in Canada, we have dentistry entirely in the free market. That is to say, it's not part of Medicare. Simple - relatively cheap - quick, and reliable. I'd note that even if I needed a more serious procedure, it would have been done with equal rapidity.
posted by Adam Yoshida at
8:20 PM
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