The fact that the average life span of a Canadian is more than an American would be a testament to the Canadian health system. I know many factors are involved but the relative health care systems would still a significant one.
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Except they said they would have a guy in past the long weekend, he just couldn't wait that long. He was there 10 days, brought him back from a code blue, cancer treatment almost a year earlier.
So I don't think it was a "fuck it, he is old" type situation, and more of a, rather let a fucker die than call someone in from a long weekend type situation.
Just saying, "Canada will NOT let you die " isn't always correct.
What a sad, horrible outlier.I
I was patient at PMH for prostate cancer for 6 years. My doctor knew my PSA was doubling every 6 months when i did blood test. She stated that you need biopsy and i told her it is necessary to get MRI and was told wait times at PMH is six months and was told to go Buffalo to get mri which i decline. That is the reason that i went to USA. I had 2 MRI within 2 days. Biopsy the following week and prostate removal within 2 weeks. I started Chemo right away. did pet scan and there was no evidence of cancer but i need to do chemo once a month for the next 6 month. Since I had done all I can in my power , PMH agreed to do chemo as per instruction of MD Anderson.
We do need lots of MRI and PET/CT in Canada.
I tried before and it was helpful. But now I am not in position to even think in booking SP.
My father is in the same position. Weaken bladder control and loss of erection for years.
Years later they realized he also had an infection in his bladder, so he regained some control.
He avoided chemo though.
No.
a) There is no mass immigration. It is controlled immigration per numbers set by the federal govt.
b) The immigrants are usually young and therefore unlikely to need medical help unless it is pregnancy and the like and
c) You cannot directly go to the hospital off the plane, because (i) You cannot get OHIP for 90 days after landing and if you are infact going then you will be charged exorbitant amounts. An ER visit for someone without OHIP at UHN is $1200 base fee.(ii) You need to take a medical test before you get a visa and therefore it is extremely unlikely that someone got of the plane and rushed to the hospital, unless there was a genuine health concern that required immediate medical attention.
In short I call your post bullshit fabrication.
up to you but I trust my source and allowing 500,000 immigrants a year is not controlled
It is only a statement that if you have a lot of money the US system is far better. But overall most do not have the kind of money needed to get health care as the cost are astronomical. That is why overall the Canadian health system is much better.
By the way, the US is the only developed country in the world without socialized healthcare. All other countries prefer to see their citizen as patients we need to treat as opposed to clients we need money from.
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The systems are different. Most Americans do have healthcare insurance. Working Americans typically get it from their employers to cover themselves and immediate family with different types of insurance plans. PPO, HMO, CDHP's all have different structures but do give health insurance that most Americans can afford. Public systems like Medicare & Medicaid cover retirees and the poor who qualify. Overall there are benefits and flaws with both systems.
From my personal experience I have received better health care in the US than I did in Canada. I am far from rich. I am firmly in the middle class.
I have been working with americains since 2002. If you only knew how often i heard of people holding on to a job they hate just because they couldn't afford losing the insurance.
I dont agree. Nothing is more toxic for a company then having pissed off workers who only stays on out of necessity.
And I have been living in the US since 1998... If they hate your job... find another one. If they do leave their job they can continue health benefits under COBRA for 6 months. This will allow them to have insurance while they find another job. They can also go to the Federal Health Care Exchange to find discounted and subsidized insurance. If they go on welfare there is Medicare/Medicaid. There are options.
Be careful you don’t get another TBI from banging your head against the wall on TERB!
Most do have coverage of some sort or another, either employer or medicade/care or shudder the VA
They do pay a lot more and it seems they pad the bills a lot more to pay for the lawyers.
