Comments by "John Holst" (@johnholst) on "" video.

  1. I've lived most of my adult life overseas, where we have excellent health care. But I moved back to Canada for a short while and was shocked. Couldn't get a family doctor and had to visit the ER once and the wait was crazy. And that was years ago when it was far better than now. I left Canada again and won't be going back. Once you get used to good healthcare, you can't go back. Makes me sad to say so, but Canada just isn't a great place to live anymore.
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  2.  @victorrivera1606  Unfortunately, that makes the country not so great.
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  3. I had the same experience. I had to leave to live overseas again!
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  4.  @traviscutler9912  I live in Korea. We have excellent health care. Far far superior to Canada.
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  5.  @UnShredded  Depends very much on what metrics you're using to define "best". But if cost, quality and accessibility are important are important to you, Taiwan is perhaps the best in the world. Korea is also outstanding.
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  6.  @traviscutler9912  I don't think anyone here mentioned the US. That's not healthcare. That's business.
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  7.  @traviscutler9912  I don't know about the "near poor" groups or whatever. But I know that people here pay monthly for national insurance based on their income and that no one pays more than 120 bucks a month, even if they're billionaires. Most people pay less than half that. Every time you go to a hospital here, you pay a small user fee. And I mean small. I've lived here for more than 20 years and can honestly say I've only seen one person go bankrupt because they couldn't pay their medical bills. It's almost unheard of here. I would probably be dead if I lived in Canada. I was recently diagnosed wity a condition that wouldn't have been diagnosed in Canada and probably untreated. Within a week here I had two specialists working on my case and I had all the tests and surgery I required. The cost was very low. Admittedly, it's not a perfect system. But it works far better than Canada.
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  8.  @traviscutler9912  Yes, certainly better for me. But I'm suggesting that it's better for the vast majority of people. And on your other point, we are in total agreement. The US gives out nearly a trillion dollars of tax breaks/subsidies to the people that need it the least, while the general population is brainwashed into thinking , "there's no money to fund....". Imagine what that money could do!
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  9.  @traviscutler9912  Yep! You have to enroll in the national program.
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  10.  @elirich3145  its been 8 years since I last lived in Canada.
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  11.  @consconningcons6210  Spend the same as who? But you're right. It's not just about spending. It needs to be spent wisely. Private health care is not really health care. It's business. In Korea, we have a public system that people must pay a monthly fee to access and we pay small user fees as well. In my opinion, this is the best system there is. Our health care is excellent.
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  12.  @j.rjunior5584  Well, in Korea, they're pretty fair I think. As a teacher, I paid Iess than 5 percent tax on my salary. People who make more, pay more of course. But it's nothing like Canada.
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  13.  @traviscutler9912  Yes, I think you're right. Public money to run a private system seems crazy. Yet, that's what they do in the US and that's why everyone suffers. It's by far the worst in the OECD.
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  14.  @traviscutler9912  I understand your feelings Travis. I don't know what the answer is either. I'm just glad I don't have to worry about it at this stage of my life. But I do worry about all of my family that live in Canada.
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  15.  @davidchandler6885  had some kidney problems. Getting better now. :)
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