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by archie2 7y ago
You couldn't pay me to step foot in California.
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by archie2 7y ago
In Canada, conditions covered by the socialized plans are illegal to be treated by private practice. More than 50k people leave Canada every year to get treatment in the US to either avoid wait times or the government refuses to pay for
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by archie2 7y ago
That's because California is a terribly run state, and one third of your population is on Medi-Cal. You literally have the same problems as Canada.
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by archie2 7y ago
Ambulance rides are not socialized in Canada, and people skip going to the doctor for all sorts of reason. Stubborness is not an exclusively American trait.
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by archie2 7y ago
The information is readily available - you could have taken 5 seconds and searched for it yourself instead of leaving a sarcastic unconstructive comment. https://www.fraserinstitute.org/studies/waiting-your-turn-wa...
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by archie2 7y ago
What you're talking (skipping the queue) about is a two-tiered system, which I would be in-favor of but it is taboo to even bring it up in Canada (or at least, that has been my experience).
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by archie2 7y ago
The problem is that the government is paying for healthcare in the first place.
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by archie2 7y ago
I paid 45% of my income in taxes last year alone. For comparison in my income bracket: Ontario income tax rate: 12.16% Canada federal tax rate: 26% Employment Insurance and Social Security are deducted seperately and made up the rest of my
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by archie2 7y ago
I prefer not to have beaureaucrats decide how I spend my money. I've had a relative with a treatable condition wait so long for a surgery that her condition worsened and it couldn't be fixed and now she is permanently physically d
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by archie2 7y ago
Different systems have different problems. In Canada, some people die due to wait times for treatable conditions, or are forced to wait so long that their condition worsens to be beyond repair and they are permanently debilitated. Over 50
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by archie2 7y ago
The US government already spends at least 10k per capita on healthcare - without even having a socialized medecine. More than double that of Canada at 4.8k per capita. The United States is not a free market healthcare system - it's li
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by archie2 7y ago
There is a step 4: pay exorbitant tax rates.
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by archie2 7y ago
Why should I care?
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by archie2 7y ago
A link to the release notes would be preferable to the homepage then?
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by archie2 7y ago
Has there been a significant update to the devtools recently? I've been a devedition user for years, odd to see it on the front page of HN just linking to the homepage..
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by archie2 7y ago
You can install the AdNauseam browser extension - it's a fork of uBlock Origin that can automatically click links for you. The idea is that you click on every single ad link while you browse the web, and completely muck up all of the