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By law a hospital in the US can not turn someone away because of an inability to pay.
There are those country that do check and see if you have health insurance and have that ability to pay. In some case they ask for it up front

But what if they are over their budget for 'free' care? Is someone sitting there in a chair deciding who gets treated and who doesn't? Is their a death panel deciding who lives or who dies today?
 
Here's a question for anyone that has union healthcare, do you guys support having universal health care even though you have great Insurance that you negotiated? And if you do support universal health care why?
 
Getting a little aggressive aren't we? What restrictions do I have in my system that you are referring to?
PWB , Upnorth - does XPO for example , offer medical benefits to you? If they ( your employer ) don't have to offer medical benefits to you , do they pay the extra money they would have spent ( on employees medical benefits ) to Canada in the form of some kind of tax?

Apologies in advance if you two are tired of the questions ( I can look it up ) but there's something to be said for firsthand accounts. Thank you.
 
Getting a little aggressive aren't we? What restrictions do I have in my system that you are referring to?
3 days for an mri? last mri I got the doc said go get an mri and come back and see me, 48 minutes later I was back, so I guess your jump to front because it's important is a restriction, good thing you didn't have another seizure and stroke out while you were waiting.
 
Here's a question for anyone that has union healthcare, do you guys support having universal health care even though you have great Insurance that you negotiated? And if you do support universal health care why?
I use to have it and I sure as hell wish I still had it instead of what XPO offers which simply stated . Sucks !!!
 
PWB , Upnorth - does XPO for example , offer medical benefits to you? If they ( your employer ) don't have to offer medical benefits to you , do they pay the extra money they would have spent ( on employees medical benefits ) to Canada in the form of some kind of tax?

Apologies in advance if you two are tired of the questions ( I can look it up ) but there's something to be said for firsthand accounts. Thank you.
Yes. We have insurance through Manulife. Co pays on prescriptions, short term disability, long term disability, dental, etc.
 
PWB , Upnorth - does XPO for example , offer medical benefits to you? If they ( your employer ) don't have to offer medical benefits to you , do they pay the extra money they would have spent ( on employees medical benefits ) to Canada in the form of some kind of tax?

Apologies in advance if you two are tired of the questions ( I can look it up ) but there's something to be said for firsthand accounts. Thank you.
If a company doesn’t offer any kind of insurance to its employees, the taxes it collects and send to the federal government is suppose to cover things like that. There is no disability, std, Ltd or dental coverage to every citizen.
 
If a company doesn’t offer any kind of insurance to its employees, the taxes it collects and send to the federal government is suppose to cover things like that. There is no disability, std, Ltd or dental coverage to every citizen.
Also sorry for dragging this out, but is there a direct (income) tax on Canadian citizens for the national plan? Percentage?
 
3 days for an mri? last mri I got the doc said go get an mri and come back and see me, 48 minutes later I was back, so I guess your jump to front because it's important is a restriction, good thing you didn't have another seizure and stroke out while you were waiting.

Where did I say I had a seizure or stroke?
 
Given the choice between our system and your what would be your choice ?

That's a tough one for me. I think they are both broken to be honest. They both have their advantages and disadvantages and I still think that some sort of middle ground between the two would be better. Which I think you guys are more on the path towards than we are.

My only reason for getting into this discussion is to dispell some of the myths that some of you guys have about our system that are not properly explained to you. Obviously by some people that have skin in the game. Neither system is as bad as people make you think and neither system is as good as people make you think.
 
That's a tough one for me. I think they are both broken to be honest. They both have their advantages and disadvantages and I still think that some sort of middle ground between the two would be better. Which I think you guys are more on the path towards than we are.

My only reason for getting into this discussion is to dispell some of the myths that some of you guys have about our system that are not properly explained to you. Obviously by some people that have skin in the game. Neither system is as bad as people make you think and neither system is as good as people make you think.
Thanks , for the input . I read a bunch and talked to some of my Canadian friend about this topic . I have come to nearly the same conclusion.
I do find most of the people opposed are running with the talking points put out by those who benefit financially from keeping our system as it is . It always amazes me of how many people run with these talking points without questioning them. Then do their research and find things to back up that view with further bias articles.
Many myths out there for sure.
 
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Critical MRI's will never take that long, day or two at most. Non-critical MRI's may take longer because they are taking the critical cases first. If you have insurance or want to go outside the country you can get it faster. I had some issues a while back where they thought that possibly I was having seizures, although nothing anywhere showed any obvious signs that I was. I was in for an MRI in 3 days.

Do some reading, like my previous posts. I'm not saying our system is so good. They are both broken systems and maybe somewhere in between is a better solution.

I'm just clearing up some of the misconceptions that some have about our 'public' system so that some people stop running around with their hair on fire afraid of it.

How come that poor woman working a minimum wage job with two children shows up at a hospital and is turned away from there simply because she doesn't have any insurance?
She won’t be turned away. Why are you creating what ifs? Trying to stir up people’s emotion to win an argument may work with lib news media but most people see past it
 
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