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Yo_Mama

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18. My understanding is that Canada's system is pretty good as a whole, but there are regional

Sun Jan 26, 2014, 05:42 PM

Jan 2014

issues with access.

The point I was trying to make is that wait times at ERs are sometimes a function of brief overcrowding, and sometimes a function of chronic undercapacity, so it's difficult to go from an anecdote to an overall assumption about health care.

But in general in the US, it does seem like ER wait times are not going in the right direction:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/16/obamacare-er-wait-times_n_4611230.html

We'll have to wait and see how things shake out under ACA, and my bet is that it will go area by area - some will get much worse, while some will pretty much stay as is. But in MA the existing healthcare system did get overstressed after their universal coverage went into effect.

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