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It seems Americans often believe that, but virtually nobody in Western Europe would even think of going to the US for healthcare. I would assume the same for Ca

It seems Americans often believe that, but virtually nobody in Western Europe would even think of going to the US for healthcare. I would assume the same for Canadians. I have no idea if that's actually true, but the widespread opinion is that the ~free (it depends a lot between countries, it's usually simply affordable, rather than free) healthcare here is much better than what a normal person can afford in the US.

jasonlotito 7y ago
> It seems Americans often believe that, but virtually nobody in Western Europe would even think of going to the US for healthcare. I would assume the same for Canadians. This is not true. It's just ignored because people would rather believe that universal healthcare is infallible. We moved from Canada to the US precisely because of healthcare for our children. In Canada, care was non-existant and the private services were expensive. In the US, it was the complete opposite.
- SketchySeaBeast 7y ago
  Do your children have special needs? It never even crossed my mind to move to the United States. I imagine given my profession I could get a job with decent benefits, but I can't imagine wanting to move to the states for the health care, unless I had a special requirement.
  - jasonlotito 7y ago
    > Do your children have special needs? Autism. The "care" provided in Canada is horrid. > I imagine given my profession I could get a job with decent benefits, This is not needed. The services we benefit from our state run, not based on my job.
- allannienhuis 7y ago
  universal health care has never meant that every possible heath care need is met without cost. It means that access to the covered services is universally available. Which of course isn't true in an absolute sense (residency requirements etc), but is true in most practical senses.
  - jasonlotito 7y ago
    > It means that access to the covered services is universally available. I know. These are services that the state was legally supposed to provide but could not. Canada failed my children. It was disgusting.
rogerkirkness 7y ago
I'm Canadian, it's not nearly as good as paid healthcare in the US (especially high end paid healthcare). Giant wait times for things you can pay to do in the US.

jasonlotito 7y ago

> It seems Americans often believe that, but virtually nobody in Western Europe would even think of going to the US for healthcare. I would assume the same for Canadians. This is not true. It's just ignored because people would rather believe that universal healthcare is infallible. We moved from Canada to the US precisely because of healthcare for our children. In Canada, care was non-existant and the private services were expensive. In the US, it was the complete opposite.

SketchySeaBeast 7y ago
Do your children have special needs? It never even crossed my mind to move to the United States. I imagine given my profession I could get a job with decent benefits, but I can't imagine wanting to move to the states for the health care, unless I had a special requirement.
- jasonlotito 7y ago
  > Do your children have special needs? Autism. The "care" provided in Canada is horrid. > I imagine given my profession I could get a job with decent benefits, This is not needed. The services we benefit from our state run, not based on my job.
allannienhuis 7y ago
universal health care has never meant that every possible heath care need is met without cost. It means that access to the covered services is universally available. Which of course isn't true in an absolute sense (residency requirements etc), but is true in most practical senses.
- jasonlotito 7y ago
  > It means that access to the covered services is universally available. I know. These are services that the state was legally supposed to provide but could not. Canada failed my children. It was disgusting.

rogerkirkness 7y ago

I'm Canadian, it's not nearly as good as paid healthcare in the US (especially high end paid healthcare). Giant wait times for things you can pay to do in the US.