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Originally Posted by missdpuck
Wheever a discussion about our healthcare is brought up , the first thing mentioned is usually "How come tha Guatemalan with 5 kids takes his kids to the emergency room when they have a cold, clogs up the system and doesn't have to pay". Well it's kinda because , like it or not, he's working with the choices the present system gives him. Without getting into a discussion about immigrants I'll just say it sours public opinion against them. And I hear it alot because Lake Worth is full of them. I don't have a link but IIRC the workers we pay $6 hr or whatever to do work "Americans will not do" actually cost $25 hr or more.
As far as I can see these are hard working people from a cuture where it's common to start large fanilies at a young age. Instead of blaming/hating them we need to find a way to work with this. I don't know if you have the same immigrant/indigent issue in Canada. Perhaps under your system you can't. LIke most Americans I don't understand your system .
I;m sure it's human nature but it seems so "American" to hate something/throw it under the bus than to try to understand and work with it. And no I'm not saying this is the only place with that attitude. It just seems to come up particularly with healthcare.
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Up here, unless its a serious emergency, good luck getting health care without an official health care number.
I sprained both my ankles about 4 years ago working in Manitoba. At the time we thought I had fractured one of them, and we went to get it checked, and the hospital in Carberry, Manitoba refused to give me treatment because I didn't have my health care card.
Fast forward 4 years later, and I hurt myself playing hockey in Manitoba again. This time I had my health care card, so I was able to receive care, but like every other good citizen of Canada, I had to sit in the waiting room for 5 hours to get treatment.
Plus, we don't have an illegal immigrant problem in the first place. At least not like the US.