True, in Canada you have to wait to get treatment unless it is a life threatening issue (and sometimes even then).
We (meaning Canada) will have to do something to improve the current state of affains, so that you can get a "cabbage" (love that term) and/or other care faster.
However, the question here was if you would feel better off in Canada than in the US without private health insurance, and I would say that you are MUCH better off in Canada than in the US.
Speaking from personal experience, if you cannot afford decent insurance in the US you are pretty much screwed. I lived their for a year, and since I, and on more than one occasion I had to pay up front for medical care for my daughter because the specialis/clinic/hospital did not accept my insurance or did not cover the full cost.
I was in the fortunate position that I could afford it, so it was not too much of an issue, but I shudder to think what happens to people that has no insurance and cannot afford medical care.
You know, just because you think that every white person that has left South Africa did so because of the political situation does not mean that it is so. Some of us left long after the goverment changed because there ARE actually BETTER opportunities for developers/programmers in the rest of the world.
Speaking for myself, I finally ended up in Canada (originally I planned on the US, but could not quite develop an linking for the US), and I have to admit it is MUCH better than living in SA.
It means to take something on as in "Ek sal die probleem opsaal" (I will take the problem on)
It can also mean to put a saddle on a horse as in "Ek sal die perd opsaal" (I will put a saddle on the horse
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True, in Canada you have to wait to get treatment unless it is a life threatening issue (and sometimes even then).
We (meaning Canada) will have to do something to improve the current state of affains, so that you can get a "cabbage" (love that term) and/or other care faster.
However, the question here was if you would feel better off in Canada than in the US without private health insurance, and I would say that you are MUCH better off in Canada than in the US.
Speaking from personal experience, if you cannot afford decent insurance in the US you are pretty much screwed. I lived their for a year, and since I, and on more than one occasion I had to pay up front for medical care for my daughter because the specialis/clinic/hospital did not accept my insurance or did not cover the full cost.
I was in the fortunate position that I could afford it, so it was not too much of an issue, but I shudder to think what happens to people that has no insurance and cannot afford medical care.
You know, just because you think that every white person that has left South Africa did so because of the political situation does not mean that it is so. Some of us left long after the goverment changed because there ARE actually BETTER opportunities for developers/programmers in the rest of the world. Speaking for myself, I finally ended up in Canada (originally I planned on the US, but could not quite develop an linking for the US), and I have to admit it is MUCH better than living in SA.
It means to take something on as in "Ek sal die probleem opsaal" (I will take the problem on) It can also mean to put a saddle on a horse as in "Ek sal die perd opsaal" (I will put a saddle on the horse