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In reply to the discussion: IF YOU BELIEVE UNIVERSAL SINGLE PAYER HEALTH CARE IS A RIGHT CHECK IN! [View all]riverbendviewgal
(4,396 posts)Canadians do not have to stay at a job to get the basic health care. ALL canadians get this, those who work, kids, seniors. We pay through our taxes and our employers pay through taxes. Many employers have the extra benefits of prescription, visual, audio , therapy and dental. Seniors pay $100. Annual for prescriptions.
We are in better health because we have annual check ups and go see the doctor at the first sign of not feeling well. That often prevents things from getting worse.
The system works. My 25 year old son was always healthy until one day at work he had seizures. 3 days later he was getting a brain operation. One of the 3 he would get for his glioblastma multiform brain tumour. 2 months later his 53 year old dad found a lump that turned out to be non - Hodgkin's lymphoma. They both had chemo, radiation, therapist and palliative care in the hospital. . Our son was in intensive care unit for 4 weeks. There were no medical bills. Just parking at the hospital. They died, but nothing was denied. And I got $2300 for each of their funeral costs. No bankruptcy. Unheard of up here.
harper will be voted out because he wants to privatize our health care. Won't happen.