Because they can curl while waiting?
But then the Canadians don’t really need a big bloated military since they will come running to the Americans if they are ever invaded. So naturally all those taxes have to go *somewhere*.
All in all I’d say health care in Ontario is run on par with how the U.S. govt runs the Post Office.
Because most people don’t have cancer and have to wait while their life passes before their eyes. For the every day ills, the system isn’t horrible.
they come to America for the medical care. Maybe they get it free too.
Didn’t the Canadian Supreme Court just this summer declare part of this Healthcare statute unconstitutional? I think it was mandatory single payer and no private companies issuing healthcare insurance policies.
Similar question:
“Why would Canadians want to stop global warming?”
They don’t know any better. Have a few treatments on this side of the border, and then ask them how they like it. My guess is the poll numbers would be significantly different!
Because they are afraid if the government didn’t provide health care, there would be no health care. Once you train people to be dependent, it can very very hard to teach them to be self-sufficient.
Part of the problem is that Canadians are simply used to the waits, few if any could remember a time when there weren’t long waits for health care...same with the Brits. In the US health care consumers want treatment now and are generally getting it. They will be very dissatisfied when they suddenly have to wait weeks or months go through a massive bureaucracy to see a specialist or get advanced services.
Because we are brainwashed and have never known anything better.
I had serious abdominal cramps a couple of years ago. I endured it for a couple of days, then decided to go to my GP. He saw me right away, took an X-ray and immediately referred me to get a MRI. I drove myself to the MRI office (about 10 minutes) and withing a hour had my MRI done. They read it and referred me to the ER. I drove myself to the ER and proceeded withing a few hours had a room.
16 weeks????? That would suck. Mine was not serious enough to require an ambulance, but it would nohave taken long for it to get serious (I ended up staying in the hospital 12 days!)
Huh??? "The problem is not long waits, the problem is lack of doctors." "No, no, no. I disagree. There lack of doctors is not a problem, it is the long waits to see them that I dislike.
Because it’s FREEEEEEEEE!
Because they know no better. They are slaves in a tyrannical socialist state
My wife is from Canada. In early Oct, my Canadian MIL was advised by her Doctor that her cataracts were rapidly deteriorating and that she should have surgery quickly. Two days ago, a mere 9 weeks later, she saw the surgeon. She was advised that yes indeed, surgery on both eyes was in order, the sooner the better.
She was then given the first available surgical appointment – for May 2011 !!!
It’s not all bad though, they will try to get it done in Oct – Nov 2010, if she can agree to accept a last minute cancellation slot in either Edmonton, AB or Saskatoon, SK (2 ½ hour drive West or East). For this option, she gets to be on standby, ready to go for her surgery at any time, for a period of weeks or more.
Five years ago, she had her shoulder replaced. The diagnosis (left shoulder very painful, left arm essentially useless) took about 9 months, and then she waited over 2 more years before the surgery was actually performed.