> 2. I can get an MRI in the USA within 3-5 days (sometimes next day), virtually anywhere in the country.
AFAIK you can do that anywhere in Europe as well, provided that you pay out of pocket, or that you have purchased extra coverage to do that -- the cost of which is usually a fraction of similar coverage in the US.
(Also AFAIK, you weren't able to pay out of pocket in Canada for that 20 years ago - I don't know if that has changed).
> If you were diagnosed with a possible brain tumor/cancer requiring an MRI to confirm, would the 50 to 90-day difference in MRI and diagnosis result in a measurable difference in outcome, if you did in fact have a tumor?
The 50-90 days number quoted is, AFAIK, related to non-urgent things. I know two people who got it within 24 hours when there was suspicion of a tumor.
AFAIK you can do that anywhere in Europe as well, provided that you pay out of pocket, or that you have purchased extra coverage to do that -- the cost of which is usually a fraction of similar coverage in the US.
(Also AFAIK, you weren't able to pay out of pocket in Canada for that 20 years ago - I don't know if that has changed).
> If you were diagnosed with a possible brain tumor/cancer requiring an MRI to confirm, would the 50 to 90-day difference in MRI and diagnosis result in a measurable difference in outcome, if you did in fact have a tumor?
The 50-90 days number quoted is, AFAIK, related to non-urgent things. I know two people who got it within 24 hours when there was suspicion of a tumor.