Reply #9: Wish we had our canadian system in US [View All]

[islandspirit]

We are Canadians who moved to California when we were 35. We loved our healthcare in Canada and it was the benefit that we were most nervous about in moving to the US 20 years ago. A few years ago, my husband was laid off and our cadillac health insurance is gone as we cannot afford $1200 a month. So we are now the underinsured.
Having had a performated appendix and 3-C-sections in Canada, we never saw a bill. My mother's had cancer and other problems, my father a quadruple by-pass. And my father in Toronto also recently had a hip replacement - you know was on one of those waiting lists. His wait was 3 weeks long and he was 82 when he had the surgery.
We would give anything to have their health care system. And we may in fact have to move back in order to have the peace of mind that we are covered and won't use all of our life savings in paying for some catastrophic event.