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Canada

Association of American Physicians and Surgeons Report: Canada's Social System Expected To Collapse Soon

"The biggest fiscal drain comes from the single-payer medical system. “Current model of health-care delivery leading us down the path to financial ruin,” states the lead editorial in the Calgary Sun. Health-care costs would consume 50% of Alberta’s budget by 2016 (according to the Fraser Institute) or 2017 (according to Aon Consulting, a firm hired by the Alberta government). Health care would devour 100% of the provincial budget by 2030, if present trends continue."

"An estimated 90,000 Canadians sought medical care outside their country in 2005."

Canada: Critical Health Care Crisis

"The Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) projects the nation will be in need of 78,000 nurses by 2011; if no action is taken, by 2016 we could reach a shortage of 113,000..."

Canada Health Care In Crisis

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USA

USA: PBS Health Care Crisis

"How much does health insurance cost? The cost of health insurance has increased dramatically over the past decade, far surpassing the general rate of inflation in most years. Between 1989 and 1996, the average amount an employee had to contribute for family coverage jumped from $935 to $1,778. In 1990, American companies spent $177 billion on health benefits for workers and their dependents; that number rose to $252 billion by 1996, or more than double the rate of inflation."

USA: What Does A Health Care Crisis Look Like?

"As the Houston area struggles to deal with a rising tide of uninsured, it offers a lesson for the nation: Let the problem get out of hand — to a point where nearly 1 in 3 people have no coverage — and you won't just have a less healthy population. You'll have an overwhelmed health care system."

YouTube: USA Health Crisis: Part 3

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UK

British Health Care In Crisis

"Health Secretary Alan Johnson was forced to apologize in Parliament this week after it emerged that at least 90 patients in southeast England died as a result of infections picked up in the hospital.

The Healthcare Commission, a national watchdog, blamed safety lapses and overcrowding. It painted a bleak picture of teeming wards where overworked nurses didn't even help patients to the bathroom."

Ageing Britons face healthcare crisis

"Elderly people across the country are being failed by the government, which has not prepared for the massive increase in the cost of looking after Britain's ageing population.

Two comprehensive studies on the issue will reveal that local councils face a shortfall of billions of pounds in care provision. Some have reportedly tightened eligibility rules to save money.

The long-awaited studies - the most authoritative and detailed so far - will increase pressure on Gordon Brown to find more funds to care for an ageing Britain."

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