My Canadian daughter-in-law’s parents think their ‘’free’’ health care system is just the bees knees. Funny thing though. A few years back her step-father needed a heart by pass. he was told he’d have to wait six months to get on a waiting list and once on the list he’d ave to wait another full year to get the surgery. They beat down here as fast as heck and got it done in three weeks.
My daughter lived in Canada for almost five years in her mid and late 20s. She, too, thought the “free” health care was the best thing ever. Of course, in your 20s, the most you need a doc for is to see about the sniffles and maybe get an antibiotic prescribed. Cancer or cardiac problems? Head to the US (as your relative did).
It’s great for cheap and easy fixes I suppose, but that’s because the Canadian government is flush with cash through onerous taxation. If anything costs the government too much like a bypass, then it’s delay, delay, delay hoping the problem will go away somehow.
I read some minutes of a meeting of politicians in England about health care. One of the things they spoke about was the length of time it took to do things out in some of the rural counties. I don’t recall the exact times but one guy said something like “A hearing test shouldn’t have a wait of 10 months in Lesterburg, while in London one can be had in 7 weeks.”
A hearing TEST! (And it was months vs. weeks!!!)