In Celebration of Canada!

no, our taxes are significantly higher than the States... I simply believe it's a fair trade off, I would be deep in dept if it were not for our health care system.

As would most people. I see it as a very good system. The only problem can be the waiting times sometimes. And prescriptions are still a lot cheaper than in the US.

Anyhow, can this ancient topic R.I.P. now?

This. Also, I think the U.S. could benefit with socialized medicine, not the terrible Medicare system in place now.

plz dont get off topic it gets locked then and BLAME CANADA

All this talk about medical care in Canada has made me think of that documentary that Michael Moor made about how horrible the U.S.'s medical care is and how much more better everyone else's seems to be. I thought that I could take the oppurtunity to ask if the medical care in Canada really is better than the U.S. in terms or quality/costs?

I agree with Tegumi on this. Also, Obama FTW.

well... there's a real benefit to being a Canadian... If you do get something (injury or otherwise) it's much better to be living here in Canada, if you're of lower income you can get on a waiting list(for operations) or through the emergency room without having to pay a dime (except for drugs during recovery). If you have money (like my family) you can simply fly down to the states and pay to have any life saving surgery done right away (not including organ transplants). As far as cost goes... we do have a much higher tax rate as well as a 7% tax on all goods purchased(in my province) so anything you want to buy is 7% more expensive, food, clothing, etc... Those taxes also pay for a wide variety of things though, and Canada does have other social programs that we benefit from which Americans should consider... In the end you pay more every year but you'll be thankful if you ever do need the system and don't want to be fucked over.

I'm not sure if I'm saying it right but for a country like Canada all the money is being held by the government and is distributed into many things such as medicare, hence socialism. But from what I heard from the conversation that my older brother and my dad were talking about, for some reason my brother kept saying that socialism was like communism and how they worked very similarly. He was also saying that our country has the best quality of medicare, maybe thats why you or your family would fly down here to the states for a life-saving surgery or w/e. And my dad was saying how we need to change the way our medicare is being run because now its all about capitalism since ours is run by private corporations. I think that its messed up that any person would just get turned away because they don't have the money to pay for an operation or for medication. To put a price on life doesn't seem right to me at all thats kind of why I wonder why don't we be like other countries and get into the hospital, get w/e needs to get done, and its all paid by the government. People have said about how canadians have to wait a long time to get treated or w/e but in fact its not the truth the most they have to wait is like 30mins compared to the hours that us americans have to wait. I could keep rambling on about how fucked up the system is but I'm just gonna end it at that and hope that maybe Obama can come up with something to end this shit and change it to something more like socialized medicare.

the long wait times are really just propaganda, the only time you need to wait would be if you were poor and had to have a surgery (we have a limited number of doctors and places to work) and that person would either die or be forced to go into debt in the States... Canada is a socialized democracy... it's closer to democracy but with government support for the people. Canadians still keep a majority of their pay and run their own lives, but those who have problems doing so are helped a long by our government... as it should be.

still... Americans hate taxes, and the hike you would see to initiate a program like socialized health care plus the resistance you would see from your medicare providers... it probably wont happen soon.

"This video is no longer available due to copyright blah blah" fuck... D:

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I SKIPPED TO PAGE 5 AND DIDNT READ AND SHIT BEFORE THAT, I SEE THIS TOPIC HAS TURNED INTO CANADA VS. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA (US)) DEBATE

I WILL CONTRIBUTE BY SAYING THAT CANADIANS LIKE HOCKEY

FUCKING FAGGOTS LOL

"Canada is like a loft apartment over a really great party"-Robin Williams

While still paying the extra tax dollars. Sounds like a great system. :wink:

I've been to Canada a couple times. It's cool. Temperature wise too...

I love Living in Canada. :D

Yeah I'm sure that once Obama starts trying to change the system, all the private organizations will start using all that cash they have to try and scare everyone into thinking that changing the medicare system is bad. The best way to control a country is to put fear into them and keep them uneducated right? Otherwise we'd be like countries in Europe where the people actually go into the streets to fight for w/e they want, not sure if Canada also does things like that.



Really? Though I've never been to Canada I can only assume that since its farther north that it would be colder? Perhaps its only in certain parts of Canada.

AND THE US IS FULL OF FAT MOTHERFUCKERS WHO STUFF THERE FAT SORRY ASS GUTS WITH FUCKING MCDONALDS EVERYDAY.

Anymore stereotypes anyone?

Only in the Northern part of the country. The most populated cities have cool climates just like every Northeast city in the US. You're not gonna noticed a difference in climate if you go from New York to Toronto in June.

Contrary to popular belief, we're not freezing our asses here all year long.

well... New Yrok to Ottawa is a bit of a difference... I guess you do have that crazy wind in New York... but Ottawa does get pretty chilly during the winter.

How to tell the difference between an American driver and a Canadian driver:

Canadian drivers are custom to driving in more then a foot of snow.
American drivers lose confidence in their driving skills after 2 inches.

Start the hate.