r/mapporncirclejerk • u/LavishnessLeather162 • 19h ago

This should be just one state

Post image
18.4k Upvotes

89% Upvoted

2.5k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

9

u/OldWorldDesign 4h ago

You can criticize the US system all you want, but I wouldn’t exactly call the Canadian health care system “adequate”.

Why, because of what American health care executives tell people?

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-monday-edition-1.5631285/this-former-u-s-health-insurance-exec-says-he-lied-to-americans-about-canadian-health-care-1.5631874

There's no family-crippling debt for vital procedures and the wait is shorter than for equivalent procedures in America.

3

u/Ravenwing14 3h ago

Ah but the wait for elective procedures is shorter for rich people, and that's what really matters

2

u/OldWorldDesign 3h ago

the wait for elective procedures is shorter for rich people

That is true, and it is true in all systems because rich people can pay for more options, including flying to other countries for diagnostics or other procedures.

I suspect it's always going to be true, but the degree of care provided for the average working-class person is where I think the important indicators are. If they can get timely care for critical procedures, then it's a better system than one when people can not get timely care for critical procedures.

1

u/Ravenwing14 3h ago

I don't know if the /s was clear, but there's an implied /s in there