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My wife is pregnant and it's not costing us a penny. She has weekly visits to her OBGYN, access to ultrasounds, and a kick ass hospital to deliver the baby where she will stay for a couple of days. All for free.
Her best friend lives in California and she is also pregnant. She has insurance but in the end giving birth will still cost her $6k even with the insurance. If she didn't have insurance it would cost her an arm and a leg to give birth.
On the other hand my uncle recently passed away from lung cancer. He had to wait months to get in for kemotherapy and by that time the cancer had already spread. In the US he would've at least been able to pay for the kemotherapy and gotten it in time.
Overall though, Canada's health care kicks ass. 98% of the time you get treatment fast and free.
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