I live in Canada (Vancouver, BC) and from my experiences I am extremely thankful for our health care system. There have been a few occasions if we had not had it, I either would have died, or been put seriously in debt. From my experience if you need the surgery, or or in condition you need to see someone, You get it right away. It is only for trivial shit that people should not be going to the hospital for in the first place that get the wait times. If you need something, the doctor can mark you priority, and you get it rather quickly, if it is something that can wait, there is a wait. To me it makes sense. I think even someone who doesn't earn a dime should get any medical attention they require. There are now private practices that someone can pay to get stuff done out of their own pocket if they so desire as well (I have no problem with these). A while ago I had an asthma attack and my lung collapsed, I was rushed to hospital. I was not working at the time, and had not payed my medical in a few months, I was rushed right in and spent 4 days in ER Acute care, received free medication. When I was able to breathe on my my own again, I thanked the people who helped save my life and went home. It did not cost me a dime, and I did not have to fill out forms, or wait any time before hand. I later went back to work, and only had to repay the medical (MSP-Medical Services Plan) I was behind on - Roughly 160 bucks. My only complaint in Canada is that Medication is still quite expensive, although if you are under a certain gross earnings you can get it for free as well. Like I said this is my own opinion, based from personal experience. This is not supposed to be taken as the way things always are(I am sure there are testimonies that say the exact opposite as well). I just thought I would give a word as pro-socialized medicine as no one else here seemed to be pro. I am just extremely grateful for it. Thanks for listening hope, this was not TL;DR
