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In response to "So... one guy? :) What I mean is, on the one hand, you have people saying Canadians are flooding the US healthcare system to get procedures they have" by Roger More

A down and dirty Google search shows that total Canadians who utilized US health are would be about 0.5%, but...

Posted by Name Withheld By Request (aka BlueKopo) Mar 9 '10, 08:33

...Only a quarter actually travelled to the US for that purpose. Projected out that means about 40K Canadians going for health care, with another 120K utlizing it while in the US, either in an emergency or elective manner.

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Thanks - I've found the same info (though nothing on Americans coming to Canada) Either way, it clearly doesn't match the rhetoric. -- nm - Roger More Mar 9, 08:39 3
- The figure I've seen reported is 750k Americans seeking treatment abroad worldwide. - Reagen Mar 9, 08:43 2
  - I saw that too, but ignored it because it wasn't Canada-specific. I've read a few articles about health insurers providing incentives to their - Roger More Mar 9, 08:47 1
    - Yeah, honestly, there's no way our system could handle even a quarter of that. -- nm - Reagen Mar 9, 08:51
is that 'per year' or 'ever'? -- nm - Reagen Mar 9, 08:37 1
- Annually that I saw. I would think that even a lot of that is paid out of Medicare though. - Name Withheld By Request Mar 9, 08:54

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