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Originally Posted by theman23
You'll do everything you can to avoid talking about the uncomfortable fact that the USA has better primary care access than Canada. If our numbers are actually lower than theirs, what's happening to the Canadians that don't have primary care access - are they just dying?
We're not talking about 0.1%ers. The average person in Canada without a family doctor can't afford to go the the USA to seek medical care. Our system prioritizes the old and sick - which is fine, it's a rationed system. But the system is so stretched now that a lot of young people are simply unable to access it until they get diagnosed with some late stage disease in an emergency. Hence why they wouldn't miss it.
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Who doesn't have a family doctor in Canada?
I don't know anyone currently living under that scenario.
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