USA MEDICINE preferred by the Ontario Upper-Middle class

COMMENTS invited about pay & benefits in USA HMOs. Does MAYO still pay a salary? Cleveland Clinic Canada (30,000 sq ft) & M.D Anderson Cancer have offices in Toronto. Ontarians with means or private insurance go to Capitalist USA for treatment. Avoiding the restrictive Socialist "Guidelines" of OHIP medicine. Princess Margaret Cancer Hosp may do good research but patient care far from top USA standard. NO MAGNET HOSPITALS in ONTARIO

QUEBEC & ALBERTA Best Provinces for expensive Cancer drugs

QUEBEC ("New France" until Treaty of Paris 1790)and ALBERTA are the most generous of the Canadian Provinces. In Canada Medical care is in the Power of the Prov. Govts. The Canada Health Act (CHA) (1984) officially prohibits charging for " medically necessary" services,( never defined in 30 years), in all Provinces except QUEBEC after the judgement in (Dr.)CHAOULLI v QUEBEC(Attorney General) 2005 SCR 791 2005 SCC 35. A 3 months residence in "La belle province" required for membership in the "Regie de l'assurance maladie du Quebec. COMMENT: In Ontario the legal way of avoiding the restriction of the CHA is to call Private Clinics WELLNESS CENTRES. The do not bill OHIP for medical visits , charging about $3,500 a year. Pathology & Imaging can be billed to OHIP. Examples Cleveland Clinic Canada, Medcan, Medisys Inc. and GP "Boutique" clinics providing a Dietition +/- Physio.,Podiatry etc. There are still no private General Hospitals; Homewood Mental Hosp & Shouldice Hernia Hosp are allowed to be privately owned. Some hospitals have single rooms at an extra charge of about $300/day. Difficult to find as many used as isolation rooms for MRSA & AIDS.