• InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    if we had Canada’s healthcare, we’d be waiting forever.

    Or another approach, calculate how much time it takes to save the cash for any given procedure and compare that to any socialized care. Say for an MRI, lab work, root canal, etc.

    USA system is great if your wealthy. Otherwise you might as well be in a developing country as far as your access to all these high tech treatments we need massive profits on.

    • squaresinger@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      USA system is great if your wealthy. Otherwise you might as well be in a developing country as far as your access to all these high tech treatments we need massive profits on.

      That’s pretty much the definition of a developing country. If you are rich you can live like a king in any country that’s not currently an active war zone.

      The measure on how good a country is setup is how well the poor in that country live.

    • Smoogs@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      Canada still doesn’t cover root canals. Dental is only now starting to come in on the public health care as is HRT.

      Meanwhile I learned just how many people are living on ibuprofen (for years) or just saving up to get the tooth pulled rather than a canal.