You seem to think that our health care pays for everything, it doesn't.
I'm quite aware that NHSs vary from country to country. I'm more familiar with the health care system in England which includes an NHS and private health care system. I've been very specific in asking how much Canadians pay in out of pocket expenses for medical care. I expect that you would know something about your own system besides trivial anecdotal stories. But you just won't answer the question.
How about this one....in the United States, our health care system kills approximately 100,000 people each year due to medical errors [population 300 million]. What are the comparable statistics for Canada?
Treatments that are available in Buffalo may not be available in Canada. The wait for an MRI for a hockey player may be 3 hours, but for a poor person 6 months. If you have cataracts, they are improving service so the wait is down from 2 years to 6 or 7 months, so you may not be able to see for a few months, but well no one has everything. That is what I am trying to tell you, we have universal health care, but they are steadily changing it to reduce the number of services they cover. Some tests used to be covered and now are not. Skin growths used to be covered, now if they are disfiguring but not fatal they are not covered, if they are malignant they are. Universal has so many different meanings. If you have an autistic child care is available, but only for certain ages, and the child is often past the age at which he or she qualifies, before his turn shows up. You are entitled to an MRI or a catscan, but often the waiting lists are months long. If you can afford it you go to the states and get one, if you are poor you just wait. If you have cancer, 6 months is a long time.
Whine, whine, whine....Tell me why Canadians live longer and have a lower infant mortality rate if your system is so bad?
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