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Originally Posted by crockett
You are missing the forest for the trees..
When he says "it's free" he means you don't have to come out of your pocket to pay for services.. Yes you have to pay taxes. However if you add what people in the US pay for taxes, then add in medical insurance.. add in extra costs to auto insurance to cover medical bill.. Add in co pay for medication and then add in the insurance premium deductibles.
Well you add all that up, and we pay one hell of a lot more in total, than you do with high taxes. So compared to the US system your's even with higher taxes is much cheaper for the average person.
BTW.. comparing wait times between US and Canada is apples and oranges.. Sure Canada might have longer wait times for some things.. However In Canada every person is covered and can go to the doctor.
In the US there are millions of people with out health insurance.. So that takes millions of people out of the line. You add free heath care for every tax payer in the US and there would be much longer lines that what you have in Canada.
That whole part of the argument, is total BS and as I say is apples to oranges.
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Most people in Canada have seperate health insurance as well because what is covered by the government is very limited.. and I know a lot of Canadians who go to the US and other countries to pay for surgeries etc because if they had to sit on the waiting lists in Canada, they would already be dead. As for longer lines than what we have in Canada, NO WAY. I tore my rotator cuff and couldn't even get an ultrasound for a MONTH... I could have driven to Buffalo, paid $500 and had it the same day. Things up there are bad and getting worse as far as health care, and anyone who says differently hasn't experienced the health care system up there. Not to mention all the other crap that we do end up paying for... "free" is really relative.