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That's a good question, but I agree it's maybe too controversial for the public board. I will reply in detail privately.
Here, I'll just say that living in a big Ontario city, I personally have had world-class cancer treatment with no co-pays or long waits. Ditto when there were concerns about my heart, bladder, etc — I got taken fast. I also get my quarterly blood-test results (including uPSA) in 2–3 hours.
But if I needed a knee replacement, I'd have to wait a few months because it's "elective" rather than critical care.
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Well, I live in the USA and at Kaiser in Northern California. It takes 6 to 7 months to get a knee replaced same thing with hip replacement. I was able to get my knee replaced in three months in March because people had canceled and I was able to get into their spot. Last year, hip replacement took six months to get it done. If I wasn’t at Kaiser, I could get it done quicker, But they have much better free treatment after that surgery. A PT shows up at your house within Two days and you get biweekly visits. Something you don’t get, if you get treatment outside of Kaiser
I needed to have surgery on a cyst on my face and it was a 2.5 month wait. It started getting bigger, so I finally decided to get it removed, not so fast dude!!!!
One major difference Is that there are many more treatments for cancer than in Canada? There are also tests that are approved here that are not approved in Canada.