AR>> Or, my favourite, you get diagnosed with lung cancer and then take
  >> four months to perform an extension study, and by the time they do
  >> it you are told you have metas everywhere and you are gonna die in
  >> a year because you took too long to treat it.
  >> ..Compare that to holding an insurance card and getting a tumor
  >> extracted the same day it is discovered.

MP>While it might not be that quick here in the states, from what I can tell
  >you are more likely to get something serious taken care of quickly (and
  >not be offered assisted suicide as an alternative) if you are here in the
  >states vs. Canada or places in Europe.

MP>The downside, of course, is that it won't be "free."

No, major care is quicker in the USA than here in Canada but the cost
for decent insurance has always been very high for lower/medium income
people. I think Obama Care helped with that a bit but it appears to
still be fairly costly for those on a tight budget. I know it varies
greatly but it says online that the average premium is up around $750
a month, but it can be quite a bit lower for low income people and
up to $1000 for higher income people, and there are 4 levels for what
it will cover too to add to the confusion..

Few countries who try to have as close to free healthcare as possible
have come up with a system that works extremely well. Personally I
think Canada is at a happy medium, better coverage and care than
many others with very low cost to the individual.

That said, if you do a search for the best healthcare systems
in the world, Sweden comes in first then Canada was number two
followed by Finland, Denmark and Norway..  USA was 7th..

But depending on how the question is asked, the order varies
wildly, one site having a great many Asian countries in the
top 10 with the USA and Canada not showing up in there at all.

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