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-Clinics closed on the weekend
-Triage at clinics and hospitals
-Waiting several hours for a very minor injury
---how is that different from Anytown, USA?
How many people have died in a Canadian ER? There is at least one sift of that happening in the US.
Lastly, I will say that the amount of uninsured in the US is greater than the total population of Canada. I bet these folks would love the privilege to wait in a clinic.
Big insurance company around notably the liberal party are fighting to get the health care system privatized. In 20 years from now the only thing that will remain of our socialized health care system will be it's name and everyone to complain about how bad it is, for there will be no more money in it.
In Canada, if one clinic is closed, you go to another clinic. You never go to a hospital unless you have an emergency. "My wrist hurts" is not an emergency. I don't have a family doctor. I go to clinics all the time for non-emergency stuff. I always get seen in under 2 hours, usually under 30 minutes, and often right away.
When I've had actual emergencies, like needing gaping wounds needing stitches, I've been seen immediately in hospitals.
But that's not the point. Last year, my father found a lump on his neck. He didn't know what it was, so he went to a doctor. That doctor thought it was nothing, but referred him to a specialist. They did many tests over the course of a few weeks, and finally determined conclusively that it was benign. In the States, the initial check-up would have cost $900. Seeing a specialist and taking batteries of tests would have cost even more, so he wouldn't have bothered. He would have practiced sit-and-wait medicine. Fortunately, it was nothing, and for all that medical attention, he came out with peace of mind.
Last year, my nephew also had a lump on his neck. He went through doctors and tests and biopsies, and was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a kind of cancer that mostly strikes young, healthy males. Good thing it was all free, or he might not have gone in in the first place. He got to see specialist after specialist to determine exactly what specific variety of cancer he had, and what the best treatment scenario would be. He never had to decide whether to cut costs by not getting a complete assessment. Then he went through a course of radiation and chemotherapy. He never had to decide whether to take a cheaper option, or go for the best; he just got the best for free. If we'd been American, even the co-pay would have bankrupted our family, if he'd seen a doctor at all.
If there's one thing in the world I'm grateful for, it's that my family lives in a country with free health care.
"If there's one thing in the world I'm grateful for, it's that my family lives in a country with free health care."
It's not free! You pay around a 60% tax rate! I pay $140.00 per month for my health care and that's not nearly the difference between 60% and what I pay now in taxes and I don't have to wait 2 years for a doctor to get some blood work done.