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Originally Posted by cementor
I worked for a Canadian company for 4 years, and the constant theme was it takes too long to get the health care needed. Most of them came to the US and paid the full fare in order to get treatment. If it's so good why are there so many that choose not to wait and come to the US? to get stomach cancer treatment until they can see the specialist in 6 months (true life adventure from the guy who was my boss).
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Yeah, and I once knew a guy who knew a guy whose girlfriend caught fire from too many MRI's! Healthcare is deadly!
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If we're going to trade anecdotes, I think
this is a good one.
If you want actual facts,
this is where most people get them.
Wait times in Canada are priority-based. Urgent cases are dealt with first. Elective and/or non-urgent care can sometimes be delayed for a few weeks. Some people choose to pay out of pocket for treatment in the US rather than wait for the care. This says more about the people involved than the state of healthcare in Canada.
This is all a tangent anyway, since the proposed bill to my knowledge has nothing to do with universal healthcare.
(And as an aside, the correct term is actually 'public healthcare' or 'universal healthcare,' depending on the exact system in question. 'Socialized medicine' is a political trope.)