In Canada they would send a nurse to your house in 8 months.
My dad is a Canadian with cancer. After initially being diagnosed, he needed a scan to see if it had spread. They scheduled him for 60 days from then and then the scheduler told him to go get it done somewhere else if he is able because they are cancelling people’s appointments every day due to overbooking.
I have had very good experiences with Canada’s healthcare system in the past but it is unraveling at a pretty rapid pace since Covid unfortunately.
US system is full of problems but being able to receive top quality care immediately isn’t one of them—being able to pay for that care is a different story.
My parents were middle class with good health care but the copays and services, when my mother had cancer, ravaged their retirement money. Now my mother is gone and I have to take care of my father so he doesn’t lose his home. That’s America. It’s serves the very rich, the very poor get the bare minimum, and the middle are screwed if anything goes wrong.
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u/kittykatmila Feb 27 '25
Yes, in Canada they would send a nurse straight to your home to help. Same thing.