With all this fuss about Obama’s healthcare plan and the boisterous town hall meetings, I would like to give you two concrete examples of healthcare plans:
1. One patient waits three weeks to get an appointment with Doctor A concerning possible surgery who then refers him to a surgeon Doctor B. The patient waits four weeks to get an appointment with Doctor B who then refers him to a lab for some tests. The lab schedules the test in 10 days and takes five days to send the test results to Doctor B. After another appointment with Doctor B, surgery is scheduled with the hospital which requires another three week wait and a trip to the hospital ahead of time for some additional tests. Finally, surgery is scheduled approximately 3 ½ months after the initial call to Doctor A.
2. Another patient goes to the Doctor C concerning possible surgery after a three day wait for an appointment. The doctor does a couple of tests and schedules surgery in three days. Surgery is completed in less than a week after the initial contact.
In the case of the first patient, he has Medicare, a governmental healthcare program.
In the latter case, the patient is a dog, has a vet and no governmental healthcare.
Now, tell me who has the best access to healthcare?
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