@realcaseyrollins Isn't @WTL from Canada, is this true? That sounds absurd, I don't buy that generalization.
I've heard nothing but good about Canada's health care system. It sounds similar to ours. I've heard in Germany and Sweden it's quite similar too, mostly funded by taxes and free for low-income families and mostly free for the rest of the people. @Linza
@rolle @realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social @Linza I am Canadian. I’m not sure what I'm being asked about.
Healthcare plans vary widely, the federal government is (partially) responsible for funding it, provinces administer it, so levels of service can vary from province to province (which is dumb in my opinion; healthcare should be healthcare).
In provinces with "conservatives" in power, there's a general push to a two-tier system; public and paid. The only in favour of this are the companies who would profit.
@WTL Thanks for the answer! @realcaseyrollins claims Canada is notorious of having long wait times and I'm not sure if you can generalize it like that.
https://noauthority.social/@realcaseyrollins/112847518952247125
Other than this, sounds a bit similar than in Finland. We also have a conservatiove government right now who want to push it to more private side.
@rolle @realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social @Linza
Wait times for service here are a legitimate concern - no one *wants* to sit in a hospital waiting room for hours. I've done it myself, but I can honestly say that every person that was seen before me was in worse shape than I was.
Healthcare should be free for all, period.
Also worth noting that the Frasier Institute is a right-wing think tank. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraser_Institute
@rolle
In Ontario, there are a lot of problems especially if you are one of the millions who don't have a primary care physican, in that case you have to go to a walkin clinic and wait hours and hopefully before the doctors quit for the day you will be seen, or you can go to the ER.
However, if you pay to subscribe to a private clinic you will be seen quickly. Some areas the ER waits are over a day long. Some areas the ERs are shutting down part time.