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Originally Posted by LadyMischief
Most people in Canada have seperate health insurance as well because what is covered by the government is very limited..
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No it isn't, that's a lie. I've never paid money to a doctor for anything that was ever wrong with me. I've been hospitalized many times. If I've needed emergency surgery (like my appendix) it was done the same day I went in with the pains, at a BUSY hospital.
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Originally Posted by LadyMischief
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.
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And other countries? Where else do we go for emergency health care? lol. :D
I doubt we let very many people die waiting for necessary emergency surgery. Would you go as far as to say that the doctors purposely schedule surgeries a week late, to ensure they have more days off? heh
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Originally Posted by LadyMischief
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.
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So it was so important to you, that you COULD have driven an hour, but didn't.. Huh? Doesn't this just mean we have the best of both worlds here? We have the free care, and the privatized card in Buffalo. What could be better? Are you mad that you can go to Buffalo and pay for it faster? I really don't get your argument here.
I think Canada's problems come from over-treating people myself. Too many people with "free" healthcare forget that their government is being billed hundreds of dollars for every visit, test, checkup, exam etc they go for. I bet the numbers of doctor visits that result in no treatment other than the good feeling that comes from having a doctor tell you you're okay, is staggering here.