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re: Wait times exploding for Canadians waiting on healthcare procedures

Posted on 5/3/25 at 6:16 pm to
Posted by Chief One Word
Eastern Washington State
Member since Mar 2018
4140 posts
Posted on 5/3/25 at 6:16 pm to
Ours is a system where the people with insurance pay for those that do not. Yep a shite show it is.
Posted by trublulsu
Westlake, La
Member since Aug 2005
293 posts
Posted on 5/3/25 at 6:18 pm to
The VA regional office use is exceptional. The VA is not like it used to be.
Posted by Paytonisablowhard
Member since Feb 2024
1148 posts
Posted on 5/3/25 at 6:25 pm to
There is the issue with free shite. You'll be dead before you're able to receive it. Get off your arse, get s job, have a goal and work for what you want. Nobody is entitled to anything
Posted by SouthlakeTiger
Southlake, Texas
Member since Mar 2005
6339 posts
Posted on 5/3/25 at 6:25 pm to
What’s really crazy is I met an Internist in Toronto and he told me with his practice and two urgent care clinics that he owns he makes $185k a year. He is looking to relocate to the States.
Posted by goldennugget
NIL Ruined College Sports
Member since Jul 2013
25212 posts
Posted on 5/3/25 at 6:32 pm to
quote:

What’s really crazy is I met an Internist in Toronto and he told me with his practice and two urgent care clinics that he owns he makes $185k a year. He is looking to relocate to the States.



Indians are taking over that sector in Canada too.
Posted by SwampMonster
Member since Feb 2025
420 posts
Posted on 5/3/25 at 7:07 pm to
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Still not as bad as the VA.


That’s bullcrap.

From Pres Trump’s first term since, VA care has greatly improved along with much easier to get Community Care for rural vets.
Posted by oldskule
Down South
Member since Mar 2016
21424 posts
Posted on 5/3/25 at 7:28 pm to
Canada is probably the most interesting politically run country in the world.
Posted by the808bass
The Lou
Member since Oct 2012
119801 posts
Posted on 5/3/25 at 7:30 pm to
Canadian government healthcare will collapse in my lifetime. And I’m not young.
Posted by the808bass
The Lou
Member since Oct 2012
119801 posts
Posted on 5/3/25 at 7:33 pm to
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If more people die it costs them less money.


That’s why they’re pushing physician assisted suicide like it’s a panacea.
Posted by Lynxrufus2012
Central Kentucky
Member since Mar 2020
16330 posts
Posted on 5/3/25 at 7:34 pm to
Billings Montana has more hospitals than it needs. Is that wasteful? No, because Canadians fill the excess capacity.

Would you practice medicine in Canada or make much more practicing a few miles south?
Posted by lsuconnman
Baton rouge
Member since Feb 2007
3580 posts
Posted on 5/3/25 at 7:36 pm to
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If Trump really wanted to hurt Canada, he'd bar Candians from getting elective medical treatment in the US.


Better yet, force them to pay MSRP.
Posted by Grumpy Nemesis
Member since Feb 2025
811 posts
Posted on 5/3/25 at 7:37 pm to
This is why polls of people's opinions on national health care are pretty much useless. Because when you ask the question, the people are using THEIR OWN EXPERIENCE of health care to answer.

So. You ask an American, "should we have free health care like Canada, or Europe etc etc". The answer is, "YES..........I would love to have THE HEALTHCARE I'M CURRENTLY GETTING, ONLY FREE".

When you ask a Canadian or European their opinion on the fact Americans pay for health care, they react by thinking, "you mean they PAY for this??? Because, THEIR experience is of huge waits, or, not getting the care at all".

The reality is, the ONLY PEOPLE in the US who could realistically claim to be better off under a nationalized system are those with no insurance.

And EVEN THEN, it's not as clear as you'd think because "alive and bankrupt" is STILL largely better than "dead and solvent"
Posted by Reagan80
Earth
Member since Feb 2023
644 posts
Posted on 5/3/25 at 7:44 pm to
Bernie and AOC want that here.
Posted by NC_Tigah
Make Orwell Fiction Again
Member since Sep 2003
130894 posts
Posted on 5/3/25 at 7:54 pm to
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Yeah, you're right. I don't know what I'm talking about.
He absolutely is right, and so are you when you admit you don't know WTF you're talking about.

You show me an example in the US VA system of a 6 month wait for an MRI, or an 11 month wait to be seen by a neurosurgeon, and perhaps we can have a conversation
Posted by TigerAxeOK
Where I lay my head is home.
Member since Dec 2016
32134 posts
Posted on 5/3/25 at 8:16 pm to
If only Saskatchewan, Alberta, northeastern B.C. and Yukon would join the US and create a contiguous connection to Alaska.

They could be paying $2.59 for a gallon of gas instead of $8 a liter next month, and they could be seeing a doctor by Monday midday.
Posted by UptownJoeBrown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2024
2307 posts
Posted on 5/3/25 at 8:28 pm to
frick the Canadians who think their healthcare is so much better. Jackasses got their socialists head so far in the sand it’s ridiculous.
Posted by DemonKA3268
Parts Unknown
Member since Oct 2015
20409 posts
Posted on 5/3/25 at 8:43 pm to
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Yeah, you're right. I don't know what I'm talking about. It isn't like I have had to deal with them for twenty years now. There's no way I could create an informed opinion on the Va after twenty years.


Situations vary. I have assisted the VA, worked for the VA and get seen by the VA. I have never had an issue, ever. Some people do, most don’t. If you’re expecting perfection in an imperfect world, sucks to be you.


Posted by FightinTigersDammit
Louisiana North
Member since Mar 2006
41214 posts
Posted on 5/3/25 at 9:01 pm to
Why is the picture of a black woman? What percentage of Canadians are black?
Posted by Powerman
Member since Jan 2004
164963 posts
Posted on 5/3/25 at 10:06 pm to
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Ours is a system where the people with insurance pay for those that do not. Yep a shite show it is.

Sounds like the solution is for no one to have insurance then
Posted by The Baker
This is fine.
Member since Dec 2011
17091 posts
Posted on 5/3/25 at 10:29 pm to
Trump isnt that evil
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