ARealMan

The article states that you have significantly less mortality rate from Prostate cancer if you live in the United States, as opposed to living in Britain which you are much more likely to die from it. I didn't read in the article anywhere that it said "People in the United States don't die from Prostates cancer." Additionally his primary care physician not referring him to a urologist has NOTHING TO DO WITH UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE. Even in the dreamworld of universal healthcare, a foolish PCP might not make a referral to check for prostate cancer. Also, PSA isn't the most accurate test for prostate cancer, ask any urologist about that one.....It can be elevated for different reasons besides prostate cancer. Bottom line being, the lack of your PCP referring your father to a urologist is a human error and not the result of some broken system. Fair question - I think the best thing we can do is toss Hillary Care to the side - that can only make current problems worse.

You don't need to apologize - Hmm the(singular) link works fine - Have you ever tried "cut and paste". Don't worry I will make it easy for you- here --> http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=4157 Before I address what you wrote - when you say "accident" can you be more specific please - i.e., was this "WORK RELATED"?

Universal Healthcare? No thanks - As a footnote on Canada, the average wait for a simple MRI is three months. In Manitoba, the median wait for neurosurgery is 15.2 months. For chemotherapy in Saskatchewan, patients can expect to be in line for 10 weeks. At last report, 10,000 breast cancer patients who waited an average of two months for post-operation radiation treatments have filed a class action lawsuit against Quebec's hospitals. http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=4157

Great article on why universal healthcare only looks good on paper - Among women with breast cancer, for example, there's a 46 percent chance of dying from it in Britain, versus a 25 percent chance in the United States. "Britain has one of worst survival rates in the advanced world," writes Bartholomew, "and America has the best." If you're a man diagnosed with prostate cancer, you have a 57 percent chance of it killing you in Britain. In the United States, the chance of dying drops to 19 percent. Again, reports Bartholomew, "Britain is at the bottom of the class and America is at the top." http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=4157

There may be some I think in the greater phoenix area - do the research and contact a local agency