Health Care..what do you think?

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Originally Posted by 101lifts2

Dude the person with the better insurance plan will get better care. In Canada, if it is all the same, you can only expect standardized care since everyone in the country is in the pool.

What is your definition of "standardized" care? If you mean everyone gets treated for their cancer, life threatening, chronic or acute disease irrespective of income, then yes, you are right.

I work in an emergency department - I see everything. So I find it funny you think you are an expert on what medical care and the standard of that care that people in this country receive.

You have NO IDEA on what standard is....

Let me give you an example.

Cost of transport via Life Flight - minimal
Cost of cardiac cath during acute heart attack - zero
Cost of hip replacement, CT's, MRI's, Xrays, blood tests - zero
Cost of Trauma team to save your ass post motorcycle accident - zero
Cost for stay in ICU - zero
Cost to have specialists work on you for months - zero
Cost to have a child with special needs taken care of in hospital - zero
Cost of antibiotics, special infusion devices, external hearts, pace makers, skin grafts, plastic surgery post accident....etc.
Cost to have a public health nurse follow your child's growth for 6 years - zero

Yes we pay higher taxes to support our health care. Yes our system needs work. But, the cost to the average person that finds themselves in the need of medical care will not bankrupt them.

Accidents happen and really shitty things happen to good people. Medical insurance will not prevent you from getting sick. I'd rather pay higher taxes so that my family, my friends can get whatever they need if the situation should arise.

Sadly, since our standard of care is so good, we do a lot for people that don't deserve it. I have to give everyone the same treatment, even though some bring on their own demise and do nothing to better their situations. They def. drain the system and resources. That part bugs all of us a lot.

But when you've been diagnosed with Cancer, your 36 years old with 2 children and a wife that loves you...and your going to die...It's kinda nice in a f*cked up way that your family wont have to pay for your death years after it happens.