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No. In Canada, they just take you into surgery and treat you. Then you leave without a bill. Contrast that to the US which could leave a person bankrupt for th
by developerdylan 7y ago
No. In Canada, they just take you into surgery and treat you. Then you leave without a bill.
Contrast that to the US which could leave a person bankrupt for the same emergency.
- JohnFen 7y ago> Contrast that to the US which could leave a person bankrupt for the same emergency. Indeed. Even if you have good insurance, getting something like a heart attack, cancer, etc. in the US makes it likely that you'll be bankrupt in the end. I know three people that this has happened to.
- jiveturkey 7y agomedical procedures, for people with insurance, is the leading cause of bankruptcy in the US.