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The social services are better in Canada though. The big downside is the lack of quickly available treatment for serious-but-not-life-threatening illness.
by throaway89 2y ago
The social services are better in Canada though. The big downside is the lack of quickly available treatment for serious-but-not-life-threatening illness.
- UncleOxidant 2y ago> The big downside is the lack of quickly available treatment for serious-but-not-life-threatening illness. Which often happens in the US as well. I recall having to wait 3 months to get in to see a gastroenterologist about 10 years ago. People living in rural areas of the US often face this so it's not like it's a problem exclusive to Canada or other countries with universal healthcare.
- bko 2y agoIt doesn’t help if you can’t afford a house. If you just look at a simple crude statistic like gdp per capital US is 83% higher. You can’t make stuff appear out of thin air, there’s less resources to go around and people are objectively worse off
- throaway89 2y agoIt actually does help, in fact it helps MORE if you cant afford a house, or are homeless, to have a strong social net. Not arguing that the US isn't richer or can offer more financial resources to its citizens.