Canada Socialized Medicine: Sends Pregnant Women to USA Again

Whenever, someone mentions a single payor socialized healthcare system for the USA, please send them this link.

Third pregnant woman sent to U.S. for care: Ontario short of intensive care beds for babies

Another pregnant woman in Ontario was sent to the United States last week because there weren’t enough intensive care beds for babies in the province, the Toronto Star has learned.

She is the third pregnant woman to be sent south of the border for care since April 1.

The woman was moved because she needed to be cared for in a hospital that also had a neo-natal intensive care bed, known as level 3 care, in case she delivered early. There was no room for her last week in hospitals in Toronto, London, Hamilton and Kingston offering that level of care. When medically necessary, CritiCall is authorized to access care outside the province.

The woman’s transfer is a sign that a shortage of neo-natal intensive care beds in the province may be getting worse. From April 2004 to March this year, only two expectant women were sent to the U.S.

Last week, the Star reported two pregnant Ontario women were sent to the U.S. earlier this month because no space was available in hospitals that can care for both high-risk mothers and premature infants. Neither delivered their babies in the U.S.

So, now the USA is supporting a failed socialized experiment north of the border?

Wonder if the MSM will cover this the next time Hillary expounds upon her single payor socialized vision?