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GreenPlastic | 7 years ago

From a cost point of view, I think that's totally reasonable for most care. If you have something catastrophic and need quick access to top-notch care, you don't get that from the Canadian system and our Canadian relatives and friends don't even know how bad it is because that's all they've ever known (wife is from Canada and now realizes how bad it is and is trying to move her parents to the US so that they have access to US care).

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gerbilly|7 years ago

> trying to move her parents to the US so that they have access to US care

Why would you have to move to the US for that, can't you just go to your favourite American city and walk into a hospital?

GreenPlastic|7 years ago

We (my wife and I) currently pay out of pocket for them to see specialists or to get an opinion so that they can see a specialist in Canada. If we apply now, they qualify for medicare in X years and they get higher quality of care + we don't pay out of pocket.