After you get to a certain age in Canada the first question they ask you when you show up at a hospital is ‘Do you want to be on a DNR (or ‘Do Not Resuscitate’) list???
If the nurse or doctor can get you on this list, I’m pretty sure they must offer them a bonus on their next pay.
My father ended up at an emergency room back in 2013 and they asked him that question literally ‘dozens’ of times while he was there... He always said ‘No’.
They ended up giving him a pacemaker and he thankfully ended up living until 2016 when he passed at the ripe age of 87. If he had of said ‘no’, he wouldn’t have gotten that pacemaker and they could’ve saved our healthcare system big bucks. Being a veteran he was entitled to full healthcare benefits.
It’s likely just a matter of time in Canada before ‘Logan’s Run’ becomes reality, rather than science fiction. You’ll hit a certain age and they won’t give you any healthcare at all, or maybe even just euthanize you.
Free healthcare is awesome... As long as you’re healthy.
“After you get to a certain age in Canada the first question they ask you when you show up at a hospital is ‘Do you want to be on a DNR (or ‘Do Not Resuscitate’) list???”
That’s been the case at least in my U.S. state for many years.