Obamacare...The Good..Bad and the Ugly

[mr40]

Then maybe you can explain why my friends from Lake Enoch (Alberta) went to Seattle for an operation!
And friends from Chilliwack (BC) also went to Seattle for treatment, knee replacement.

Could this be the reason?

The Fraser Institute study suggests that, on average, a Canadian patient waits 9.8 weeks to receive medical treatment after seeing a specialist. Tack on the average wait time of 8.5 weeks from when their doctor refers them to the specialist, and the wait time is more than four months.

In 2014, 52,513 Canadians travelled beyond our borders to seek medical treatment, compared with 41,838 in 2013. The numbers suggest that the Canadian health care system could not comply with the needs and demands of a substantial number of Canadian patients, according to the study.

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/number-of-canadian-patients-travelling-abroad-for-treatment-increased-by-25-study-finds