American conservative is forced into Canadian single payer health care. Hilarity ensues.

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7. Coverage = bill collectors

Generate a big bill is right. Basically in the U.S., if you have a little bit of income but not enough and no health insurance, you can get health care ... it'll just be forced on you in a semi-emergency when you can't think straight, and then you'll have bill collectors on hunting you down for the next five to ten years and your credit will be shot.

I'm speaking from experience. One ambulance ride and three nights in the hospital was about $8,000 or so. I was already almost maxed out on my credit card. My job was part time with no benefits. Ugh What a crappy system. After that happened, I made sure any job that I got had health insurance. That was the number one priority. Now I'm doing better, at least for the time being.