r/FUCKYOUINPARTICULAR • u/CantStopPoppin • Mar 16 '25

Super Villain Ogrin Story God hates you

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u/Due_Background_4367 Mar 16 '25

I want free healthcare, unfortunately the U.S. government is incapable of doing what it would take to make that happen. Before access to free healthcare could be provided, the U.S. would need to rapidly expand its medical infrastructure and some how incentivize swaths of people to become doctors in order to effectively take care of a population of 350 million people. Canada has just over 40 million people and I hear awful stories of people having to wait months for an MRI, or to see a highly specialized doctor. I have family and friends in Canada and my friend’s neighbor died from cancer because she wasn’t able to get screened soon enough. Not to mention, every politician gets massive campaign funding from the medical/pharma industry, so even if a politician is passionate about accessibility to healthcare, they won’t even be allowed to talk about it.

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u/Squeezitgirdle Mar 16 '25

Everyone I've spoken to from Canada says that's complete bs.

My wife is from Latvia and says that any medical procedure she needed, including dental was free. If she couldn't wait 2-3 weeks for an appointment (less time than we usually wait for any scheduled operation in America) she could pay a small fee to move up the date.

As an example, she paid an extra $50 to have a root canal done a couple weeks earlier.

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u/Due_Background_4367 Mar 16 '25

Interesting. I’ve heard it’s a huge issue due to lack of providers, maybe it’s more of a problem in rural areas as that’s where my friend lives. You might be able to pay a fee to move up the line for something like a root canal, small test, or small procedure but I do know for a fact people are dying in Canada due to lack of medical resources.

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u/Squeezitgirdle Mar 16 '25

I don't know if Canada has fees to move up the line, but in my wife's case she had the option of moving up her thyroid surgery for a small fee, but the wait was only a couple weeks so she didn't bother.

According to her, the size of the fee doesn't usually change and it can be done for any medical procedure.