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Originally Posted by geoGUERILLA
I am moving. Believe me Canada is no beakon of hope. Being an American in Canada for 5 years, I'd rather be in the states. I had seriously injured my knee a couple years back and was on a waiting list for an MRI for 7 months. In that time my knee healed incorrectly and I feel insane pain when it is cold or damp. My sister-in-law had a similiar injury and had an MRI in 3 days and had surgery a week later. I know this is just one instance, but try going to ANY emergency room in Canada and you will be waiting up to 8 hours to be seen. They are all flooded with deadbeats and people with nothing better to do.
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Your problem sounds exactly like the kinda thing that usually screws you in Canada but frankly an MRI wasn't necessary and you should have been given a simple xray and referred to an orthopedic surgeon... then put on the waiting list.
I hate to say it but the other problem is being honest which in this world (or at least the medical one) never gets you ahead. By simply telling the ER doc or GP that this injury directly affects your work would have bumped you up.
The last problem you may have will also have to do with what province you're in and if you're in Ontario from what I hear it has just about the worst health care.