Reply #4: We have free health care here in Canada ... [View All]

[NanceGreggs]

... and you won't hear me complaining. The system has it flaws, but they are minor.

A friend from NYC came up here years ago. He was working here on a temp visa, awaiting his final immigration status to be finalized. He had a medical emergency and required very expensive surgery, and a lengthy hospital stay.

He could have been on the hook for the bill. But they don't do that here. The hospital simply filed the appropriate paperwork, and the government immediately made his Canadian medical coverage retroactive to the date he entered the hospital. Everything was covered, even though he wasn't actually entitled to the coverage for another four months (when his immigration was finalized).

They just don't believe in anyone being denied necessary health care, or having to pay through the nose to get it.

Pretty whacky stuff, huh?