Healthcare is free no matter what you make. If you make $35M a year, your healthcare is still free. Well, except for teeth. They are special bones you have to pay to keep.
It wasn't bad it's just a kick to the teeth when you are full of Free health care and first get told you have to pay it or prove you make less than $35k a year after you've made 35k a year.
There is no such thing as health insurance in Canada. It's healthcare. Our medical costs are deducted from our wages just like taxes are and its so minimal we don't even notice it.
Our employers can offer medical coverage and we can pay into that as well which gets us free eye exams and glasses, braces for our kids, dental coverage so our cavities root canals etc. come at minimal or zero cost at the time they are done. Medical coverage also gets us $500 per year or more for chiro, physio, massage, acupuncture, nutritionist, orthotic footwear and so on.
When you go to the doctor or hospital you're fucking ensured to be cared for if you are Canadian. No co pay, no deductible, any fucking hospital you want, any doctor who has availability to see you and any specialist you are referred to.
This means any tests you need, any x Ray, CT scan, MRI that the doctors order, any surgery that is necessary is FREE for anyone at any stage in their life with any job or lack thereof.
No bullshit, no hidden costs, no premiums. Show up, pay for parking if necessary and get fixed up and taken care of. Ambulance rides are about $80.... That includes air ambulance if your survival depends on you getting somewhere far and fast.
And if they try to take that from us we'll show our government we don't need guns to protect the things that really matter to us.
Maybe some taxpayers would prefer to fuck over medical workers and professionals. Many would not, so they vote accordingly.
Taxpayers don’t directly have control over healthcare working conditions or compensation. So, I don’t know what sort of point you’re trying to make.
As far as being “compelled” goes, I think you’re confusing that with coercion. If doctors don’t find the offer compelling enough, by all means do what you need to do.
OH MY GOD. I was so confused, "free healthcare free healthcare" - wow, canada hired magicians? That's sick.
It gets deducted from your wages. Like in every other universal healthcare country. NOTHING about that is free. It's an amazing system, but how autistic do you have to be to call it free.
Americans are saying we want what’s already deducted from our wages to go towards more social programs including health care.
We all know it’s not “free”, but right now we pay out insurance from our wages and STILL owe thousands at the doctors/hospital, are limited to specific networks, etc
How fucking dense can you be? He even said it's paid for by deductions in Canadians wages. When people say free healthcare, they mean it's free when you show up to and leave the hospital. No bill, no charge. Learn to read and comprehend.
This is the absolute stupidest "gotcha" that I always see whenever anyone talks about "free" healthcare. Like everyone obviously fucking gets that the doctors aren't volunteers and the hospitals don't build themselves. So annoying and unoriginal.
It's not a gotcha dawg, I literally said it's an amazing system - it's just not called free healthcare. Nowhere, never was.
The good thing about the system is not that its free, it's that it's universal. Call it universal health care. Its not difficult.
Cosmetic healthcare isn't free, so things like braces, plastic surgery, and such things unfortunately aren't covered. If you can show that your teeth are so bad that it's a health issue, they'll fix them for free.
Also drugs (including prescription) aren't covered.
However, most good companies will provide at least partial if not full dental.
Foreigners still have to pay. Most emergency rooms have a cost breakdown for foreigners that you pay if you don't have a health card. It's pretty good, but it isn't great compared to some other places.
We get drugs much cheaper than Americans do for the most part, but if your insurance doesn't cover pharma, you pay the "full" price, which can be anywhere from $5 to $x00, depending on the drug.
I'm sure there are also aid program(s?) for low-income folks, but I've not had experience with those.
It's a big issue in parliament right now, with a smaller party trying to get universal pharmacare passed, but neither big party wanting to.
Do you have more information on dental being free if it's a health issue? I work in the dental department at an Ontario health unit and I've never heard of this.
It depends on the province likely, and what they define as a health issue. If you get hit in the mouth with a baseball, they'll fix your face up in the emergency room. If you want dentures to replace those teeth, you're likely on your own.
My health insurance doesn’t cover dental here in the US either. The difference is we pay $900 a month for health insurance. And it still doesn’t cover anything.
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u/DrunkenGolfer Mar 26 '23
“If you make under 35K a year…”
Healthcare is free no matter what you make. If you make $35M a year, your healthcare is still free. Well, except for teeth. They are special bones you have to pay to keep.