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[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Does everyone have healthcare?

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For a meager $18000/year with copays and premiums. Murica!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Don't forget they won't help you until you spend a couple of thousands out of pocket first.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Canadian here, no, not at all. I had a family doctor but they retired, the new doctor was already full up so I am left without a family doctor. If I need medication it has to be paid for out of pocket, any dentistry that is not life altering (cleaning, fillings, braces/retainers/corrections) has to be paid for out of pocket. Therapy? Out of pocket. Glasses, hearing aids, you guessed it.

Sure you could have a job with health coverage but that is up to the discretion of your employer, they can drop your coverage and all you can do is nothing. Canadian health care is an absolute embarrassment and should never be celebrated as some achievement over the only country with a worse system than ours.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Might depend on province. I'm in BC, never had issue with Doctor. Bi Yearly vision checks, if you don't have employer plan you signup for pharmacare and based on income once you hit a threshold all meds are free. Or free from the start with a disability status application. And I do celebrate our system even though it is not perfect, I had Cancer. Biopsy, CAT, PETS, FMRI, surgery, chemo and radiation, hospital stay all free. cost me $70 parking pass at cancer center. If that was in the USA id be looking at hundreds of thousands of dollars owing

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

i do!

also im a student and getting paid monthly to do so.