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Originally Posted by BradM
BP - I lived in Canada all of my life and I moved to the US a few years ago. I have been in hospitals in both countries for life threatening illnesses.
US medical care is faster, more efficient and of higher quality in my opinion.
I have Blue Cross health insurance and the network hospital I went to was amazing and the services that ran over $30,000 cost me a $500 overnight copay. In Canada they'd keep me there for days running tests waiting for specialists to arrive from other provinces etc etc.
Bottom line is I'd rather get sick in the US with insurance than in Canada with socialized healthcare.
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damn you must have a nice policy! my wife is on bluecross/blue shield and she went to the ER a few weeks ago because we thought her appendix was going to go. er visit that night and 1 shot, then er visit the next morning for a checkup was $600. fucking high deductibles lol