Comments by "Newbie Prepper" (@newbieprepper8451) on "The Rational National" channel.

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  41.  @randyrederson4860  most of the 1st world nations are in Europe, and they were put into the position of giving free healthcare to their citizens because of 2 massive wars that damaged their populations. there are a few countries that are not in that position, one of them being Canada, but there are several differences that separate Canada and the US. 1. population size, its easier to provide a service to the whole population if that population is 1/10 the size? looking at google, Canadas population is 37.5 million people, it is efectively cheaper. 2. prices. everyone knows that drug prices and most medical apparatus prices are cheaper in Canada than the US, and that is a failing on the politicians not bringing big pharma to task. 3 level of service. i did a simple google search on "waiting time for doctors in Canada vs US" and this is what i found on the 1st page, second result, from wikipedia.org. so not some obscure refference. In the U.S. the average wait time for a first-time appointment is 24 days (≈3 times faster than in Canada); wait times for Emergency Room (ER) services averaged 24 minutes (more than 4x faster than in Canada); wait times for specialists averaged between 3–6.4 weeks (over 6x faster than in Canada). so while yes, your health system covers everyone, im wondering if its worth the wait, i mean, 3-6 weeks wait time for a specialist is rough enough, now imagine waiting 6 times as long for that. not to bash on Canada, i like our neighbors up north, but im keen on anyone claiming their system is better asside from the extremely long wait times for something as critical as healthcare. 4. spending on wars. unfortunately, our government spends a lot on the military, most of that is due to the military industrial complex, while a large part of it is due to a lot of our "allies" in NATO not footing thier bill and leaving the slack for the US to pick up. and if we dare challenge our "allies" to foot their proper bill then most of the time they balk and claim we are bad friends. that just one thing i nitpick out of a myriad of problems. now with all that said, can i come to Canada and get free heart surgery without being a citizen or am i going to get treated like one of those people living under the bridge? a quick google search pointed me to the first listing on the search page from internations.org that states that Canadas healthcare system is not so generous to ex-pats and non-residents. and a slew of other hits state that there is private health insurance and about 90% of canadians are covered by private health insurance from their employers. so if there is free healthcare in Canada, why do Canadians feel the need to get private health insurance? its not something that im willing to dig deeper into. funny thing is, there are laws in the US that forbid a hospital or a medical facility from turning away a patient based on their ability to pay, so one of those 500,000 Americans living under a bridge can walk into a hospital ER with a broken arm and they will get taken care of. i cant say if Canada has a similar law, but im pretty sure and positive that they do.
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