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Just a reminder that the european and canadian healthcare systems have abysmal wait times, to the point that people can often expiernce permanent life injuries or even death due to the extreme wait times to be treated. While emergencies are usually treated quickly most things that cause long term injury aren't emergencies.
and the worst wait times, often resulting in harm
% of people waiting more than 2 months for a specialist.
Germany 2x vs USA, new zealand 4x, sweden 3x, australia, 3x, France 3x, canada 5x.. all % of people waiting more than 2 months for a specialist
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/health-care-wait-times-by-country
@freemo This week I fell and broke my leg. When minutes of going to an urgent care I had xrays, a few hours later I was at an orthopedic surgeon of my choice and was in surgery the next day.
I have thought a number of times, I probably wouldn't have gotten such fast medical help if I were still in my country of origin.
(Given, I had to swipe a payment card at the surgery center and will be getting various related bills for a while, but my relatives in Canada across the political spectrum are unified in always complaining about how high their taxes are, so the cost issue is still there, is only handled differently.)
