There is a couple at my gym from a rural area of Ontario who say the Canadian healthcare system is terrible and told me of long waiting times even in emergencies. It's part of the reason they moved here.
Then I hear other people say that that is crap, the system is great and they never have to wait. And I meet Americans who want to move to Canada for healthcare.
Does care ary by city/province?
The cover story of the latest Newsweek is "Killing Granny". It's the debate about end-of-life care. I think alot of Americans think that under socialized medicine they just euthanize older people secretly or something. It seems to be part of the fear.
And we have Medicare for senior citizens and disabled and Medicaid for welfare recipients etc.
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