| ShadowSoldier said: I don't get why everyone hates Universal Health Care....it works in Canada....and We're awesome |
As a Canadian I can say that our healthcare system is only "Awsome" if you never have to use it ... Emergency care (especially minor emergency care) is entirely adequate, but primary care and more advanced treatment in Canada is a joke.
It’s nearly impossible to get a family doctor in many markets in Canada being that it pays so poorly, and (about) the only people who stay in it for long periods of time are the rare person who loves the job and those who have no other options. This means that there are millions of people who’s only option when they become ill or have a minor injury (or developing health concern) is to wait for 4 to 8 hours at a walk in clinic with a high likelihood of being misdiagnosed by the doctor they finally see.
Then there is surgical care where our equipment is outdated, our facilities are falling apart (and seem remarkably dirty), our nurses are overworked, our best doctors have left for the United States, and you have long waiting lists to get access to the care you need; with many people dying because the access to healthcare is so poor.
Before Barack Obama began his move towards healthcare reform it was very well known that there was greater support for healthcare reform within Canada than there is in the United States primarily because everyone acknowledges how poor things are in Canada. The reason we don’t see any move towards healthcare reform in Canada is because of how ideologically divided Canadians are, and how divisive of a political issue it has become. The best healthcare systems in the world (which Canada isn’t one of) all have some level of public and private care; and you will never hear support for increasing private care in the healthcare system outside of Alberta.
