Tag Archives: United States

Don’t Touch My Medicare

November 28, 2016

Trudy Lieberman, Adjunct Associate Professor, the CUNY School of Public Health

Why this US doctor is moving to Canada Why this U.S. doctor is moving to Canada.
By Emily Queenan

Like many of my U.S. counterparts, I’m a doctor moving my practice to Canada because I am tired of doing daily battle with the same adversary that my patients face — the private health insurance industry.

QUEENAN_Why this U.S. doctor is moving to Canada Why this U.S. doctor is moving to Canada
By Emily Queenan

I’m a U.S. family physician who has decided to relocate to Canada. The hassles of working in the dysfunctional health care “system” in the U.S. have simply become too intense.

The Canadian baby boom years are different from the U.S. The Canadian baby boom years are different
from the U.S.
By Robert Brown

As a retired demographer, I do indeed tire of the endless articles in the Canadian press that either just quote U.S.-based stories about the baby boom or make the incorrect assumption that the Canadian baby boom mirrored that south of the border.

Why Canadian hospitals outperform U.S. hospitals Why Canadian hospitals outperform U.S. hospitals
By Steffie Woolhandler and David Himmelstein

In many countries, bereaved families get condolence cards and flowers. In the U.S., the survivors are also deluged with hospital bills and insurance paperwork. That paperwork isn’t merely an insult. It costs U.S. society a fortune.