Comments on: Universal Health Care – What It’s Like

By: Lea

Lea — Wed, 30 Apr 2014 17:19:59 +0000

Cool, I just wished in my stay in one of Montreal hospitals , the rooms were more clean and the staff more efficient ! I mean a whole floor with 2 nurses? And how about not having to share the room with 3 another dudes and not to have to see the extra patients beds in the corridors for lack of vacancy ! And how about my aunt who had to wait 6 months before she starts her chemo after breast surgery ? And how about you fix the electrical wires hanging from the ceilings where you can go to the hospital for a stupid broken arm and end up dying electrocuted ! Don’t fool yourself ! If things were so shiny , how come is canada ranked 30th ? USA is 37 but that is comprehensible , healthcare is not free ! But in your case, a universal healthcare and all the wonderful affordable with no waiting lists listed above and still ranked 30? I mean it looks like a total failure to me … Oh and did I mention that your healthcare is going bankrupt ? Just follow the news … Because free things simply do not work ! Sad I know but this is the harsh reality …

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By: hungry hungry artist (@blerghhh)

hungry hungry artist (@blerghhh) — Sun, 25 Aug 2013 16:37:56 +0000

What’s more interesting is that Canada pays only about 8% of its GDP (Gross Domestic Product) to give it’s residents universal care. Where as the USA pays about 18% of its GDP and it’s residents get NOTHING for that money.

The single payer system gives the single payer HUGE negotiating power with it’s suppliers. The cash cost per service is about 1/2 of what it is in the USA because the single payer system can dictate how much it will offer for said service or piece of equipment.

Doctors, more often than not are in it to help people. The money-grubbing ones generally offer cosmetic (not covered) services, or move the the USA to make more money.

Additionally, since the “business” of health-care doesn’t need to chase down it’s customers for payment, there are HUGE savings in legal pursuits of deadbeat clients and no staff required for the pursuit of payment. Just fill in the form of what procedure was administered and the government credits the necessary hospital, clinic, or doctor as necessary.

What Canada does have issues with is the non-critical care. We do pay out of pocket for some of this care.

I’m sorry for trying to make this politic, but I know far too many RED, capitalistic people in the USA who constantly complain about the cost of care when their child gets a scrape, or a cut, or broken bone. To which I always remind them of their freedom to pay higher prices. Why didn’t you shop around for a cheaper doctor when your leg had a compound fracture, or your appendix burst?

By: Crystal

Crystal — Sun, 25 Aug 2013 16:36:35 +0000

One thing to mention is eye exams re free for our children u dee the age of 16. Also, kudos for your reply to Kelly! Yay Canada. We a care about all people whether the make $1 a year, 0$ a year or 1 million $ s year. We are all equal.

By: immastar

immastar — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 10:06:44 +0000

This post makes me want to go to Canada!I’ve heard that the Universal health care in Canada is awesome~~~

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By: Jen @ Master the Art of Saving

Jen @ Master the Art of Saving — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 23:05:16 +0000

I want to move to Canada now. I get that it’s not completely free, but it’s still WAY cheaper than here in the US. Thanks for this post, Daisy—it’s really cool to hear about Canada’s health care systems from someone who actually uses it. 🙂

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By: Andrea

Andrea — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 02:48:01 +0000

I have mixed feelings about the system, I feel that where I live it is abused, mismanaged completely by the province and the waiting times are abysmal. I’ve been waitlisted for a year without a phonecall for an appointment yet to see an obgyn for birthcontrol, I also can’t choose my doctor because if I leave my current one I risk not having a GP at all because there aren’t enough around here. Making an appointment to get in sometimes takes months. Universal healthcare is great when it’s managed properly but it seems to me that the poorer provinces have it a lot tougher to manage it properly.