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Living in Canada and I've heard people pay for MRIs on the south side of the border just because an MRI to see if there's ligament damage in your knee would tak
by whatevertrevor 6y ago
Living in Canada and I've heard people pay for MRIs on the south side of the border just because an MRI to see if there's ligament damage in your knee would take 6 months. There's definitely areas where care in Canada is excruciatingly slow.
In my own anecdotal experiences (my own and from my friend circle) a lot of more chronic/non-urgent problems take forever to get looked at by a specialist in Canada.
- kazinator 6y agoYou can't compare public care in Canada with private in the USA. Though you wait six months for that public MRI, but it doesn't cost you anything! Yes, the waits suck, and they are related to having a low number of these machines in our public systems, compared to other countries. We have private imaging clinics in Canada which will serve you promptly, for something like $700 and up. Could it be that people are going to the USA simply because they are finding better deals than that? You know, get cheaper groceries and gas, and swing an MRI along the way, kind of thing.