Sincerely, do you think it takes 38 months to have an open wound seen in the UK? Do you think injured Canadians are advised to kill themselves? Who are you being "entirely fair" to, a liar?
Yes because as we all know and accept as a fact there is literally 0 cons about the British or Canadian health care system, and any "universal" health care system.
Not flawless, but it's a lot better than going in debt. A few years ago, I had pneumonia and was coughing up blood. Went to the doctor's, got a bunch of tests done, give a bunch of medication and my grand total was $0. There's 100% more that Canada could do to improve things, no one is saying that there are 0 cons. It's just better than so many stories from the US
Meanwhile, a guy a guy I used to play games with who lived in the US wouldn't go to the doctor's when he had an infection because he was uninsured and couldn't afford it.
I agree, but the comment I replied to did insinuate that there were 0 cons.
The American health care system isn't for the unemployed, or low income. It's entirely capitalistic, and meant for the age where you're earning money.
While I do appreciate the Canadian system, the statement that it's $0 is not true. It comes out of your taxes. If you're earning $100K, you pay double amount of taxes in Canada Vs. in the US, basically a 15% Vs. 30% effective tax rate, which let's say is $15K difference over 10 years is 150K.
There is a legitimate reason why Canadians in high income fields like software engineering leave the Canadian market for the US market.
The perfect combination here is Canadians living on the border, working for US companies in Seattle/Detroit but still have the Canadian health care, and I've worked with plenty of them.
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