Medicare Decisions by Concensus

Table of content
PROPOSAL TO FIX CANADA’S MEDICARE
1. SUMMARY
2. THE AUTHOR
3. THE HEALTH CARE TEAM THAT NEVER WAS
4. OUR DYSFUNCTIONAL SYSTEM - ANALYSIS BY PRINCIPLE
5. OUR DYSFUNCTIONAL SYSTEM –ANALYSIS BY GROUP
6. STRATEGY TO ADDRESS OUR IMPERFECT SYSTEM
7. TACTICS
8. CHOOSING LEADERS
9. CONCLUDING COMMENTS

Summary
PROPOSAL TO FIX CANADA’S MEDICARE

Why? It has never worked properly.
Who says so? The public. (See “For Patient’s Sake”, BELOW)
What’s wrong? It’s become too big, too complicated for government to run.
What’s the hurry? We’re wasting money on a system that’s out of focus.

What should we do? Elect a “Health Authority” of 15, including patients and people with knowledge, experience and skill to run it.

How can we do it? Support the non-profit corporation “Medicare Decisions by Consensus”, dedicated to health care reform. Send $50 a year to 301-2153 Smith St., Regina, S4P4G2. (Soon to come ... PayPal on line).
Sounds like too much ... Saskatchewan Health care costs per person were already $5,393 in 2008. Consider $50 a minor investment to save money and lower your taxes. It won't happen without fundamental changes in way we govern health care.

WE NEED 20,000 SUPPORTERS ($1 m) TO BE EFFECTIVE!

“Medicare Decisions by Consensus” will:
1 Advise you regarding problems with the health care system
2 Lobby government leaders to support a “mega-project” for health care reform, a two year project costing $15 per person.
3 Hear your concerns and your recommendations.

“FOR PATIENT’S SAKE”
Mr Dagnone asked 4.000 citizens in Saskatchewan about their health care (For Patient’s Sake, October, 2009). His report is carefully worded. You must read carefully to appreciate some alarming findings. He has evidence that care is inequitable, inaccessible to many, because of barriers due to geography, culture (First Nations and Metis), and age. Care is too often inco-ordinated, inconvenient, delayed, non-comprehensive, and lacking in respect. Communication and education are hampered by obsolete technology. Purchasing and infrastructure improvement methods are not acceptable. The cost in taxes per person in Saskatchewan was $5,393 in 2008, above the national average of $5,170.

Canada’s system costs more than the countries of Europe, where care is as good or better than ours. We pay much more than the Japanese, where people live longer, see a doctor more often, have fewer deaths in infants and their mothers.

It is time for Canadians to take more interest in their health care system, to expect more from leadership, and to ask for a major reform.

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The author of E-book, a Saskatchewan doctor, had 50 years of experience in Saskatchewan, after studies in Saskatoon, Calgary, Montreal, Tacoma (Washington, USA), and Aberdeen, Scotland. He was a small town family physician for 5 ½ years, from 1958 to 1963, and experienced the introduction of Medicare. He did post-graduate training in Orthopaedic surgery. His experience has included primary care as a family physician, consulting practice as a surgeon, teaching and research, working in three countries, all with different health care systems. Since he chose semi-retirement in 1998, his main interest is reform of Canada’s health care system. He has created a non-profit corporation, “Medicare Decisions by Consensus” and a web site fixcanadashealth.ca