quaddron3
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That's a total myth BTW.
You still pay for prescriptions.
You also wait and wait because you are prioritized. If you are hurt bad but you are not deemed to be life threatening or other people are deemed higher priorty than you, then you sit in the waiting room and you wait.
Facilities are not as good in general except for hospitals in major cosmopolitan cities like Toronto. In some provinces and cities, the hospitals are downright low quality.
Furthermore, it is per province. So if you are out of province, you may be out of luck. Just recently, I think it was an Alberta resident who had to use air ambulance services in Ontario. Ended up being sent something like $30K bill.
Your province may provide assistance for you out of province, but I think how it works is you pay the bill first, then you submit a claim. So if you did brain surgery and you are charged $200K, please pay first then send us the bill stub for reimbursement (if it is covered at all! e.g. the air ambulance was not covered in the above example).
Each province works differently also. And to be covered by the provincial health care, you need to be a resident and have lived in the province for a few months. So if you move around, you're out of luck and have to pay private insurance for coverage until you become a resident.
"Free healthcare".... sure. Its actually not called "free". Its "universal". Huge difference.
No, actually its the price we pay for being 'green'-tard. |
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