This is a talk about the inaccessibility or difficulty in receiving healthcare in Canada from a patient's perspective. It goes through what it's like in a day to day way. And then outside of Canada is compared anecdotally.
Defenders of the status quo in Canada seem to want to ignore that the problems it does have persist (and have gotten worse at least in some places of the country) year after year. Waitlists are dismissed away as no big deal: oh so what, you wait a bit, but everyone gets help and it's free they say. Hah!
Waiting can be life changing. Problems can get worse. And having a health problem that interferes for years instead of for a couple months – that matters. And it often has costs, whether that's missed work etc. And not everything is even free in Canada. And sometimes they just won't have the surgery or offer certain things, so would you rather pay and get help or live with it. Also you're sort of treated like you will follow government orders and that is it, in Canada. If you want to check certain things in your blood but we say no, then no. Tough.
What would you change about the Canadian healthcare system?
Posted by RoyalPalpitation4412