>I'm too European to understand why this makes any sense.
This really reads as "Is this some peasant joke I'm too rich to understand".
This really reads as "Is this some peasant joke I'm too rich to understand".
Everything about the American healthcare system feels like a nightmare to me. From the cost, to the fact that it’s usually tied to your employer (!!) and that even if you have good insurance, you have to make sure to get care from “in network” healthcare professionals.
It seems to require a tremendous amount of energy for very little benefit for average citizens.
"As a Canadian doctor" is authority. You often find this with appeals from "As a mother" -- it's just a fallacy.
Including the cultural context you're viewing things from can be useful so that people can understand where you're coming from.
I think in almost any western country (and many non-western) 'free' (or close to) healthcare is a basic right of citizenship, so it's extremely difficult to try to comprehend how 20-40% of the average person's salary could be consumed by treating a child's minor accident.