Think of the children!

Most provincial governments in Canada are too trying to choke off social medicine (i.e. Canadian health care system) so corporates can come in and do a “better job”. Conservatives are pretty blatant about it.

Well yeah but you have those long wait times to deal with right?

Here in America, I only had to wait 4 weeks for a video conference (in-person would have been 6 weeks) with my primary care physician so she could recommend me to a specialist that doesn't have any openings until mid-August. Thank goodness I live in the land of the free where I only have to wait 3 months to see a doctor who has about a 20% chance to cancel on me last minute due to a "scheduling issues" and leave me hanging for another 4-8 weeks.

AND I get to pay for some of it out of pocket despite paying monthly for better than average medical insurance!

USA #1

Happened to my 12 year old a couple of months ago. Our hospital bill was the equivalent of ~15$. My dad went through a year of cancer treatment a little over a decade ago. His hospital bill was a jaw dropping ~15$ equivalent as well.

It keeps the hypochondriacs from wasting resources.

Meanwhile, here in the states, thanks to financial help from my mother, the over $10,000 in medical debt we've racked up over the past year is less than $10,000!

Cue Americans angry that other countries don't force their citizens into bankruptcy for getting sick in 3... 2...

At first I read it as “y’all Mexicans” and was a lil confused

Good too see that guy kicking around. If he's the one I'm thinking of, he ended up going to Ukraine at the start of the war to help out. Ended up along the border I think offering to help give first aid and be a gopher essentially

imgur. now that's a place I haven't visted in a long time... a long time...

Well, not free…. Taxes and all that. But free at the time of service, sure.

E: not sure what triggered the downvote train. Nothing I said is untrue. It’s not free, it’s paid for with taxes. It’s not a dig against socialized care, I’d much prefer to have that vs the financial disaster that US healthcare is.

remember that time canadian socialized medicine told a vet in a wheelchair that it would take too long to get the help she needs so wouldn't it be better if she just euthanized herself?

there's pros and cons to every system

edit: just to be clear, i agree nobody should have some insane medical debt from a broken arm. in american when i broke my arm i went to a private doctor and paid a couple hundred bucks. it was fine, not in the poor house over it.

It wasn't "free" - you paid for it in taxes
How are those wait lists going for you, which are currently being debated by your MPs?
It's funny how y'all are shouting about this to Americans. Do you really think they aren't aware you have socialized medicine?