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Originally Posted by Peaches
CD, what YOU don't seem to understand is that I wouldn't take my dogs to a government run hospital in the states! IOW, I would get what I know a lot of you Canadians get, because I worked for a Canadian company and anyone who could afford it, had it, and that's the supplemental insurance that allows you to choose your doctors/hospitals, you're not in a waiting line for simple surgery, etc.
Let me repeat: I DO NOT WANT TO RECEIVE US GOVERNMENT HEALTHCARE. I've already seen how screwed up the Medicare and Medicaid system is.
So again, I'd be paying for the supplemental insurance AND higher taxes. Just doesn't seem like something I'm going to be interested in.
And geeze, I can just imagine the uproar in the US if they demanded payment upfront from illegals, lol.  But at least then some of the hospitals in the border towns could stand a better chance of staying open. |
You worked for a Canadian company so you now know how it is here? Come on Peachy, really now. Why is it that I am telling you how it is here and you aren't buying it?
Fact is I can choose my hospital and I don't have any extra coverage of any kind. I am free to go to the hospital of my choosing and seek medical care. I can stop seeing my regular doctor and phone some other clinic and make an appointment with any other doctor if I so choose.
I'm baffled at the misconceptions some of you south of the border types have about Canada. :D