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See that is where you've got it wrong. I may not be denied but there is a bill waiting for me when I am done. And, they expect payment. If they don't get payment...guess what...your on your way to the poor house.  I can't stress the differences enough. When you decide to leave a job in Canada you don't even think about health insurance. If you have a pre-existing condition in the US....you are staying put cause the next job ..you won't get coverage. In this way Canadians are much more free than Americans

Its a freedom all taxpaying Canadians pay for. We pay for it in our taxes and in some provinces monthly fees in addition as well. I dont know the exact amount but i recall reading that about 1/3 or so of what people pay in tax to the province goes to support health care there. So Canadians do pay, its just spread out year after year for their entire tax paying life. So, imo, its like buying private medical insurance is in the US, just in Canada its thru the govt.

It also only pays for the basics, if you need a Chiropractor that is out of your pocket, if you need glasses, dental work, prescription meds, etc, you pay that yourself. If you are on welfare (or a senior I think?) then you get those things covered. And there are long wait times for some procedures which add to the stress, especially as I mentioned before for something like heart procedures, etc. Some things are funded in one province but not another. There was one family, their child needed special help due to something like autism but BC didnt cover the $80,000/yr cost but Alberta did. The father was a scientist of some sort and had to quit his job and move his family to Alberta, he did what he had to do, if not his child either would not have gotten the help at all or it would have come out of his own pocket. Again, falling thru the cracks, and he was lucky that Alberta covers that or he would have been in the same shape as if he lived in the US.

You know, you can always apply to immigrate to Canada if you wish..
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I have tried that in the past. It isn't that easy immigrating to Canada. I got kicked back across the border in 1994

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DY,  I doubt you would like living in Canada.  

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DY,  I doubt you would like living in Canada.  

How the fuck would you know? Somehow I doubt Alex has anything to say about Canada - well nothing that isn't a conspiracy theory anyway and that's where you get your info.

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I have tried that in the past. It isn't that easy immigrating to Canada. I got kicked back across the border in 1994

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DY,  I doubt you would like living in Canada.  

How the fuck would you know? Somehow I doubt Alex has anything to say about Canada - well nothing that isn't a conspiracy theory anyway and that's where you get your info.

On my visit to Canada - the people were polite and reserved- not in your face.  He is from Chicago-  it would be hard to not use the verbose boisterous mode.  As it will not be well received in CA.

Sure he would like to be there-  but he would have to make an effort to get along with the locals. 

We see it here all the time- folks come in from NJ and want to make US INTO NJ.

CA does not want to be Chicago-   or even the USA.

...unless that has changed....    

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How much longer will the USA fail to take care of its own citizens basic needs? What kind of message about the USA does this send out to the rest of the world?

When will people in the USA learn personal responsbility?
And who gives a fuck what message the rest of the world, which is going broke faster than the US, thinks? Especially a bunch of marsupial fuckers.

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A woman fighting a terminal form of bone cancer is trying to raise money to help pay bills with a few weekend garage sales, but the city of Salem says she's breaking the law and is shutting her down. There's a fuller report and a video here.

She is one of the many thousands of Americans failed by the private healthcare system every year. A situation like this would be unthinkable in most Western countries, where sensible universal 'socialised' healthcare systems are in place. For one of the world's richest countries to place one of its own citizens in this situation seems wholly indefensible and pretty much uncivilised to me. Tens of thousands of Americans die preventable deaths annually because they have inadequate or no healthcare insurance (according to wiki).

How much longer will the USA fail to take care of its own citizens basic needs? What kind of message about the USA does this send out to the rest of the world?

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This is a nonstory.


Look at her tents-  she ran a STORE, in a residential zone. If she was my neighbor- I would have shut her down too.

Take a good look at her permanent garage sale...   would YOU live next door that that?  Knowing it is all the time...

Are you really this unconcerned with other people while you piss and moan about yourself constantly on here?

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Do you have any idea how long it takes to get Disability? Minimum 2 years.

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Do you have any idea how long it takes to get Disability? Minimum 2 years.

Bullshit. It took my ex roommate less than a year to be put on full disability.

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Do you have any idea how long it takes to get Disability? Minimum 2 years.

Bullshit. It took my ex roommate less than a year to be put on full disability.

Thank you.  Not to mention, there are various 'terms' of disability.  Short term, long term, and full/permanent disability.

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We've been over this before. America means business, which means profits which means money. Health care as in almost all things in America...is all about money.

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Yes.

Funny how the payout costs and the insurance premiums were significantly lower and the basic availability higher in the days when hospitals were predominantly non-profit.