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Originally Posted by Cactus Jack
Someone is a little oversensitive. That's exactly the point I was trying to make. People in this thread earlier were talking about long waits in Canada and that is the chief problem of our system at the moment. Someone was asking how the system worked and if there was no alternative to waiting lists. There is none in Canada, unless your wait happens to be a 2 week wait which could be the case.
Conversely, in the US you can pay to jump the line but otherwise face similar wait times.
We were doing a good job of discussing this topic rationally until you came along and overreacted. You and I have argued over this before and vehemently support opposite systems but please try not to drag everything down into a pissing contest.
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In the US if you have good coverage, you get good care. I know from family and friends down there that have good plans that they have never seen a waiting list in their life.
For any kind of surgery. Knee, Hip, etc, etc.
The problem in the US is cost, and as an extension of that, access. If you have money you get access. If you don't have money you don't get care. Assuming you're not covered.
There are ways to bring down those costs. Its just that nobody wants to go down that road.