re: #133 Joe Bacon

I have relatives who insist that people have to wait years to get healthcare in Canada due to rationing.

When I bring up the fact that my pal Juul was diagnosed with cancer and surgery was scheduled the next day AND the only item he had to pay for was $50 for a monthly parking pass to the hospital garage they call me a liar. Juul is still on chemo and the cost to him is just that $50 monthly parking pass…he says he needs to gripe about something…oh and Juul said that if he was in the US he would have been forced to file for bankruptcy over medical bills…

I’ve told this story before, but my high school teacher sister had a Canadian student who insisted their healthcare system was nowhere near as decent as its rep. She now defaults to that position whenever the subject comes up.

What fucking kills me is that I phrase it as “Well, at least in Canada, if you lose your job, you don’t go bankrupt if you get sick.” She really struggles with that concept because like most Americans, she’s been quasi-brainwashed into believing that healthcare is a luxury that only the employed should get. And like most Americans, she can’t wrap her head around the fact that most Western democracies don’t do for-profit healthcare.