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October 7, 2015
Title: What does the Future of Obamacare Look Like?
Topic: Obamacare
Discussed by Shona Holmes
with Shona Holmes (www.ShonaHolmes.com)
Part 1 of 2
Universal healthcare in Canada isn’t really all that great. In fact, it’s really, really, really bad. They recently ranked 11th on how quickly patients actually are able to get an appointment to see their family physician. That’s 11th out of 11 OECD countries. Canada is on the bottom of the list!
Shona Holmes left Canada to come to the United States in search of better healthcare. However, if the US doesn’t do something about Obamacare, we will be in the same mess in a few years. For example, in Canada, patients are not usually allowed to or even given the opportunity to choose their own physician. Shona says, “Our family doctors, many of them don’t have any openings (for new patients). And if they do, they hold a lottery.” Listen in as she explains the “lottery patient system” in Canada. And don’t even get Shona started on the waiting period for a specialist!
Another aspect of the Universal Healthcare in Canada that people in America find confusing are the salary caps. Every physician has a certain amount of money he is allowed to make per year. Once that cap is met, he simply stops seeing patients. If that cap is hit August, he gets the rest of the year off and the patient is just out of luck!! Or a doctor might see patients only until the 20th of each month and take the rest off. Either way, if you get sick and he’s reached his cap, you are out of luck.
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Title: Part 2 of 2 - What does the Future of Obamacare Look Like?
Topic: Obamacare
Discussed by Shona Holmes
with Shona Holmes (www.ShonaHolmes.com)
In Canada, citizens can buy insurance for their pets any time they
want to. They can take their pets to the vet for a checkup any
time, usually within the same week. If their pet needs emergency care, they are
able to pay out of pocket for treatment if their pet insurance doesn’t cover it.
They do not have that same luxury for themselves or their families. They cannot
even pay for services out of pocket! This is coming to America, friends. It is
coming fast and we will be caught unaware.
The Canadian Universal Healthcare system is failing miserably. Shona
Holmes continues to discuss the situation in Canada and gives a dire warning to
Americans about Obamacare. She does point out that people with cancer,
heart conditions, and other certain life-threatening issues do get treatment
more quickly than someone who needs a knee replacement.
However, the wait time for the initial testing can be quite long. “You may
be so far advanced by the time you get in to see a specialist, that it’s a
little bit late to start the treatment,” Shona adds. There is a specific
number of tests that are allowed to be performed for each illness every month.
If you are number 55 on this list and they only allow 20 tests per month, you
have to wait just to get tested!
Listen in as Shona reveals how many Canadians crossed the border into the United
States last year for treatment! The number is astounding!
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July 7, 2015
Title: Universal Healthcare Does Not End Suffering
Topic: Obamacare
Discussed by Shona Holmes
with Shona Holmes (www.ShonaHolmes.com)
Part 1 of 3
Obamacare was modeled after the Canadian and Great Britain universal
healthcare systems. Some Americans are happy about Obamacare. I’d venture to
guess, however, that the majority of listeners to the What’s UP Radio Program
are NOT happy with Obamacare. In fact, they know it’s bad news for the whole
country.
New guest, Shona Holmes, agrees that Obamacare is not good. In fact, for the
past five years, the Canadian mother and grandmother has made it her goal to
education as many people as possible concerning the real issue: Health insurance
does not mean access to healthcare. Currently, Canada has the same percentage of
people without family doctors – the gateway to healthcare – as Americans who are
uninsured. This is not due to a lack of doctors. Listen in as Shona explains the
salary cap placed on doctors and the how the government has a hand in every
single aspect of the every single patient’s medical file.
FACT: To clarify physician’s salary caps… If by September, a doctor has made the
maximum amount he is allowed to make in one given year, he cannot see any more
patients until January. If a hospital performs so many hours of surgery and it
has hit its max by November 1, everyone else must wait until January.
Tune in to the next two segments with Shona as she goes into even more detail
about the Canadian healthcare system and why she fears for America.
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Title: Part 2 of 3 - Universal Healthcare Does Not End Suffering
Topic: Obamacare
Discussed by Shona Holmes
with Shona Holmes (www.ShonaHolmes.com)
Many physicians in
Canada are now holding “lotteries” or “interviews” in order to pick and choose
which patients they want in the clinic. Patients who do not win
the “lottery” or succeed in the “interview” process are then forced to spend
hours and hours (up to 17 or 18 hours!!) in hospital ER waiting rooms!
Obviously, the patients who are the healthiest are chosen first; no one wants a
diabetic or cancer patient eating up all their time and money.
It is also very rare that every member of a family is able to see the same
doctor. If you are have a large family, then it’s pretty much a given that every
member will have a different physician. Oh…and you can forget about going in for
multiple issues at the same time. Shona Holmes explains that you get “one
complaint per visit” and a physical is usually only allowed once every two years
– on only half of your body!
Shona also explains in further detail the hurdles hospitals face concerning
surgeries, medicine, hours, and money. She tells her personal story of waiting
nine weeks just to get an MRI concerning a possible brain tumor – which she did,
in fact, have. That was about eight years. Now, the wait time is…… It is
absolutely astonishing!! Listen in to find out how long she has to wait!
FACT: If you live in a certain province (or zip code) and have
a certain type of cancer, you might not qualify for treatment. You cannot
purchase the treatment or medicine on your own dime – it is illegal!
Listen to the last segment with Shona Holmes as she concludes her discussion of
the issues Canadians are faced with concerning universal healthcare.
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Title: Part 3 of 3 - Universal Healthcare Does Not End Suffering
Topic: Obamacare
Discussed by Shona Holmes
with Shona Holmes (www.ShonaHolmes.com)
Obamacare is not
about ending suffering; it’s about redistributing suffering to everyone.
“The subsidies will run out. The people who are happy with Obamacare on
those subsidies. It is doomed to fail,” Shona says. Then comes the
“single-payer system”, which is even worse.
Pray that you remain healthy. Pray that you have a good doctor and can keep that
doctor. Pray your kids don’t break their arm on the swing set. Pray your parents
don’t require home health services or a nursing home. Pray now that Obamacare is
struck down in its entirety. Pray, friends. Pray hard and pray fast.
Feel free to share these segments via social media and email to all
your contacts, especially to the Obamacare lovers.
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