Health Insurance

Which Is Better: Being Uninsured in the US or Being Insured by the Government in Canada?

10 Comments

This is from a study by June and David O'Neill for the Employment Policies Institute:

  • Among US women age 40 to 64, 87% of those with insurance had a mammogram within 5 years, compared to 65% of those without insurance.
  • The rate for Canadian women is 65% – the same as for uninsured women in the US.
  • Canadian women also have the same rate of screening for cervical cancer as uninsured US women (80%), over five years. Among insured US women, the rate is 92%.
  • Among uninsured US men, 31% were screened for prostate cancer, compared with 16% in Canada. For insured US men, the rate is 52%.
Print Friendly, PDF & EmailPrint

10 thoughts on “Which Is Better: Being Uninsured in the US or Being Insured by the Government in Canada?”

  1. Gotta love that. Not only would a federal takeover of health care limit many of our rights (Link, it would do it while providing less service.

  6. http://butnowyouknow.wordpress.com/2009/08/05/who-are-the-47-million-uninsured/

    Check out the actual breakdown of the “47 million uninsured” numbers:

    The Breakdown

    The largest, overlapping, groups of uninsured in the US include:

    9,000,000 Millionaires
    27,000,000 people who make more than $50,000 per year, but choose not to get insurance
    22,000,000 Young adults who can afford insurance, but choose not to
    14,000,000 People who can already get medicaid, but choose not to
    11,000,000 Illegal Immigrants
    23,000,000 People who are actually insured. That’s right; you’ve been lied to…surprised?

    This adds up to more than forty seven million, because of the overlap – for example young adults who are millionaires and change insurance companies fit into four categories, above…

    Details about each category, and links to sources, are at the actual article:

    http://butnowyouknow.wordpress.com/2009/08/05/who-are-the-47-million-uninsured/

  7. Pingback: Does Lack of Insurance Cause Premature Death? Probably Not. | Linda Gorman And John Goodman | NCPA
  8. Pingback: Uninsurance and Child Mortality | John Graham | NCPA

  9. But all that screening may not be good. Do not get me wrong it seems that the health gap between rich and poor is greater in Canada than in the USA but that could be for other reasons. From what I have heard those screens may not help and might even be counter productive.

  10. I just saw you on John Stossel’s show… sorry you had to debate that ignorant doctor.

    Thanks for sharing this data. It’s crazy that she could disagree with your facts because she feels like it is untrue.

Comments are closed.