I broke my nose, was seen within 5 minutes and it was straightened (after anaesthetic).
I got hit by a car on my bike, was seen in 5 minutes, no worries.
Needed and x-ray for my lugs to get residency. Took 10 minutes. Free.
My brother broke his leg horribly. Multiple surgeries, a month in hospital, etc. etc.
There are no bills, just taxes - though it's very manageable.
Don't forget over a months waiting time for a simple antibiotic shot, which my friend died while waiting.
Don't forget, can't see a doctor for two freaking weeks for a simple stomatitis.
Don't forget 3+ months and waiting for a freaking endoscope procedure.
For everyone not in critical situation, your country's health care is shit. Don't even deny that it's fucked up.
Thanks god I moved out of that country after my friend died due to sepsis because of the fucked up system that made him wait months to get his antibiotic shot.
I heard the absolute horror stories, and the opposites, too.
What province/territory/city were you in?
I've only heard stories about how it is in the East, I've never met anyone first hand that has experienced it, or really hates it.
Doctors try hard to not make problem a problem because the system is fucked in a way that doctors benefit from less patients. They don't try to cure. They wrap up the symptom and makes patients think it's a small problem.
Oh yeah, there is a way to be cured without waiting in Canada. When you're on the verge of death.
I despise hypocrites praising health-not-care in Canada. It just makes me sick.
I can't help thinking you over exaggerating the issue to avoid single-payer heathcare in the US at all costs.
Also, I lived in Australia for 23 years. It works great there.
I agree that for those fringe cases, healthcare in the U.S. might be better (Uruguay is also bad with tough to diagnose diseases).
But for 99.99% of the remaining cases, Canadian or Uruguayan health system is way better.
And I think there has to be a way to reconciliate the very good U.S. top of the line healthcare with the way better general healthcare most of the rest of the world has.
My sister lives in San Francisco and there are several benefits I regularly use which you basically can't access in the U.S. except if you're a millionaire - like doctor visiting your house when you're sick, and I mean things like a fever or a flu, and ambulance coverage included in basic healthcare.