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Originally Posted by Cactus Jack
People complain about wait times but people in the US I know pay ridiculously high premiums and still wait 6 hours in an emergency room. Myself, my family and my friends have never had to wait long at all for various surgeries, specialist appointments, physio, nothing. In fact, in my experience I have always had everything done in a few weeks, including a few surgeries.
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And? So those of us who have family stuck on waiting lists should just shut the hell up?
Why does it always have to turn into a 'well the US has waiting lists too.'
There are waiting lists here in Canada. Long waiting lists.
And trust me, if you needed knee surgery, you would be on a waiting list too. And if you lived in Manitoba and needed a MRI, you would be on a waiting list too.
There are problems here in Canada with our health care system that need to be fixed too. Standing on our pedestal and telling the whole world how awesome our health care is because our family received good health care doesn't change the fact that there are thousands of other people who can't receive that kind of care.
In fact, doing that is very similar to the people in the US who DO receive good quality health care, and they're standing on their pedestal too telling the whole world how awesome THEIR health care is. Despite the fact that there are people going bankrupt overnight paying for surgery that their insurance company refused to cover.