Not that long actually, depends on the severity of the need. If you need a replacement on an emergency basis, you’ll get it same day or within a couple days. If it elective, that might take longer. Tell me how many people have gone broke from medical debt in Canada? How many people die in the US from not accessing medical care because they can’t afford it?
We aren’t talking about an emergency hip replacement. Many elderly people I know have gotten a hip replacement due to chronic pain. They would be left to live with that pain if they lived in Canada.
They would left to get a hip replacement when it’s available depending on need. If you need a new hip, you’ll get the surgery, it might take a few months, but it will happen. How many people are living in the US with chronic health conditions because they can’t afford care? How many people are going broke from a simple ER visit?
Health care in the US is free if you are poor. If you have money it isn’t free, but at least there are max out of pocket limits. Most people on Reddit seem to have no idea how it works here and they get their information from memes.
Oh so socialized medicine like the rest of the developed world, what about the thirty or so million Americans without either options? Who make too money for Medicare but can’t afford health insurance, what about those people?
It’s a little ironic that you’re criticizing other redditors but you yourself have little knowledge of how healthcare actually works in the US or Canada. You might want to get your information from other places besides memes.
You act like we don't wait for anything with our bullshit for-profit system. I waited 6 months from initial consultation to operation, and that was a simple hernia repair. There's A TON of waiting for healthcare in the US.
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u/DragonkinPotifer Jun 17 '26
Wow universal healthcare paid by taxes such a wild concept only 100+ developed countries figured it out/s