Do you think the United States should have universal healthcare?
Some of the best countries in the world have Universal healthcare! Will United States have Universal healthcare?
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swirlie · 31-35, F
Canada has somewhat of a 'universal healthcare system, although it is only functional within one's Province of residence. If I live in Ontario for example (which is that pink-part of the world map which lies just north of Buffalo), then my healthcare is only universal within the Province of Ontario.
If I am visiting or on a business trip in western Canada and I suddenly need to be hospitalized, I need to get my ass back to Ontario to be covered under Ontario's hospitalization benefit plan, but only if I don't have Emergency Medical Travel Insurance. To be hospitalized in western Canada for example, I also need to have Emergency Medical Travel Insurance, which costs about $150 per year and premiums are dependent on one's age. The older you are, the more you pay. In other words, my Ontario healthcare plan by itself is only valid in Ontario if my residence is in Ontario. The system functions well. No Canadian is denied healthcare, even if they are unemployed.
The annual Provincial premiums regardless of your Province of residence, are based on your annual income. If you earn less than $20k per year, your annual healthcare premiums are about $200. If you earn $250k+ annually, your annual premiums are about $900.
Regardless of how much or how little one uses the benefits of healthcare in Canada, the annual Provincial premiums do not change for the individual. Everything is based on one's annual income. The rich pay more, the poor pay less. We call it the 'Robin Hood concept'. The biggest problem we have is healthcare fraud... people trying to use the system with stolen health cards, who are not Canadian residents, yet who try unsuccessfully to mimic an authentic Canadian accent. Nice try, but you have to be born here to get it right, eh...
When Canadians travel outside their Province of residence or outside Canada itself, they need to purchase short-term Emergency Medical Travel Insurance just like Americans have to do, in the event of an emergency outside their country of residence. But in Canada as mentioned, Emergency Medical Travel Insurance is also required if traveling within Canada to another Province, because our Provincial healthcare plan is not valid outside one's Province of residence.
A Canadian Province is just like an American State, except a single Province covers an area equal to about 5 American States. As well, the grass is greener north of the Canada/US Border, because of the nighttime effects from the Northern Lights, which of course act like magic grow-lights in a typical grow-op. If you plan on immigrating to Canada, bring a lawnmower. Don't sell it with the house.
If I am visiting or on a business trip in western Canada and I suddenly need to be hospitalized, I need to get my ass back to Ontario to be covered under Ontario's hospitalization benefit plan, but only if I don't have Emergency Medical Travel Insurance. To be hospitalized in western Canada for example, I also need to have Emergency Medical Travel Insurance, which costs about $150 per year and premiums are dependent on one's age. The older you are, the more you pay. In other words, my Ontario healthcare plan by itself is only valid in Ontario if my residence is in Ontario. The system functions well. No Canadian is denied healthcare, even if they are unemployed.
The annual Provincial premiums regardless of your Province of residence, are based on your annual income. If you earn less than $20k per year, your annual healthcare premiums are about $200. If you earn $250k+ annually, your annual premiums are about $900.
Regardless of how much or how little one uses the benefits of healthcare in Canada, the annual Provincial premiums do not change for the individual. Everything is based on one's annual income. The rich pay more, the poor pay less. We call it the 'Robin Hood concept'. The biggest problem we have is healthcare fraud... people trying to use the system with stolen health cards, who are not Canadian residents, yet who try unsuccessfully to mimic an authentic Canadian accent. Nice try, but you have to be born here to get it right, eh...
When Canadians travel outside their Province of residence or outside Canada itself, they need to purchase short-term Emergency Medical Travel Insurance just like Americans have to do, in the event of an emergency outside their country of residence. But in Canada as mentioned, Emergency Medical Travel Insurance is also required if traveling within Canada to another Province, because our Provincial healthcare plan is not valid outside one's Province of residence.
A Canadian Province is just like an American State, except a single Province covers an area equal to about 5 American States. As well, the grass is greener north of the Canada/US Border, because of the nighttime effects from the Northern Lights, which of course act like magic grow-lights in a typical grow-op. If you plan on immigrating to Canada, bring a lawnmower. Don't sell it with the house.