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   casey is remote (realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social)'s status on Friday, 26-Jul-2024 02:02:30 JST casey is remote

   • Linza
   • Roni Laukkarinen
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   @Linza @rolle @SemAntiKast That makes a lot of sense in theory, but if you have a lot more people, you will also have a lot more patients who require extremely expensive care.

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     Stéphanie Pageau (stephanie@ottawa.place)'s status on Friday, 26-Jul-2024 02:02:23 JST Stéphanie Pageau

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     @rolle The situation is more complex than that. We don't have enough family doctors, so people are forced to go to the ER if they need help in the same week (or month!). If you're bleeding all over the floor, you won't wait long. But a migraine? Or a broken wrist? Better be ready for 8-20 hours wait @WTL @realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social @Linza

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     WTL (wtl@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 26-Jul-2024 02:02:25 JST WTL

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     @rolle @realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social @Linza I am Canadian. I’m not sure what I'm being asked about.

     Healthcare plans vary widely, the federal government is (partially) responsible for funding it, provinces administer it, so levels of service can vary from province to province (which is dumb in my opinion; healthcare should be healthcare).

     In provinces with "conservatives" in power, there's a general push to a two-tier system; public and paid. The only in favour of this are the companies who would profit.

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     Roni Laukkarinen (rolle@mementomori.social)'s status on Friday, 26-Jul-2024 02:02:25 JST Roni Laukkarinen

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     @WTL Thanks for the answer! @realcaseyrollins claims Canada is notorious of having long wait times and I'm not sure if you can generalize it like that.

     https://noauthority.social/@realcaseyrollins/112847518952247125

     Other than this, sounds a bit similar than in Finland. We also have a conservatiove government right now who want to push it to more private side.

     @Linza

     Bill repeated this.
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     casey is remote (realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social)'s status on Friday, 26-Jul-2024 02:02:26 JST casey is remote

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     @rolle @SemAntiKast I don't know a lot about #Germany's system, but #Canada is actually one of the countries I was thinking of. It's notorious for having long wait times for their healthcare. They've been telling their citizens to kill themselves now because they can't afford to take care of everyone as promised.

     But, I suppose to @Linza's point about the #NHS, much of this is probably due to corruption, which #Canada is also rife with.

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     Roni Laukkarinen (rolle@mementomori.social)'s status on Friday, 26-Jul-2024 02:02:26 JST Roni Laukkarinen

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     @realcaseyrollins Isn't @WTL from Canada, is this true? That sounds absurd, I don't buy that generalization.

     I've heard nothing but good about Canada's health care system. It sounds similar to ours. I've heard in Germany and Sweden it's quite similar too, mostly funded by taxes and free for low-income families and mostly free for the rest of the people. @Linza

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     casey is remote (realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social)'s status on Friday, 26-Jul-2024 02:02:28 JST casey is remote

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     @rolle @Linza @SemAntiKast Is this question directed at me?

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     Roni Laukkarinen (rolle@mementomori.social)'s status on Friday, 26-Jul-2024 02:02:28 JST Roni Laukkarinen

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     @realcaseyrollins Yeah. @Linza @SemAntiKast

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     Roni Laukkarinen (rolle@mementomori.social)'s status on Friday, 26-Jul-2024 02:02:29 JST Roni Laukkarinen

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     @realcaseyrollins How do you explain Canada and Germany then? @Linza @SemAntiKast

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     casey is remote (realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social)'s status on Friday, 26-Jul-2024 02:02:30 JST casey is remote

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     @Linza @rolle @SemAntiKast

     There are people whose healthcare costs for a procedure amount to $10k or more. You might be able to cover that in a smaller country, if there are only a few people who have costs that high, but if you have thousands or tens of thousands of people who need that level of care, there might be some problems.