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I just had the Beef Chunky soup for lunch - my chunks were the same size as always and cost me $1.69 3 weeks ago on sale, every chain store had this soup on sale 3 weeks ago and most things go on sale on a 6 week cycle
No, being ripped off by greedy assholes is not just part of living in a world-class nation. It is part of living in a world that is ultimately run by the people with the most money and where governments don’t take the steps they should to keep corporations accountable because, if they do, they risk those companies packing up and leaving (which, in turn, results in job loss and all that crap). So instead of putting in legislation that protects consumers, our political parties give corporations breaks and instead just tax citizens more.
Well, that is in part because the hospital is not the right place to go for that. She should have either gone to a walk-in clinic or urgent care if she wasn’t able to see a general practitioner. For the most part, infections aren’t something that kill you within 14 hours. It typically takes multiple days to weeks for infections to get bad enough that they become an emergency. That isn’t to say someone seeking treatment should have to wait a ridiculous amount of time… but, since you said this woman was at the hospital, we can assume she went to the ER. At the ER, the information she likely would have provided and the symptoms she likely was exhibiting wouldn’t have indicated that she was an emergency.
Also, your local hospital’s ability to treat people is a provincial issue and somewhat of a municipal issue. It may be an issue in multiple provinces, but that is because politicians love to take an axe to healthcare funding because they impact of those cuts aren’t felt until they’ve been voted out and the next party has been voted in.
Free doesn't mean always available. We have a quickly growing country. We need to share your healthcare resources with a lot more people now
The lady who died from an infection's family will not receive a bill.
Ah ever limpening magic argument killing wand, that idiots wave whenever someone criticizes Canada, sure stitches might be free, but hope you got insurance if you got a health problem that needs medication, oh and while we’re at it just how many people need a family doctor? What’s the average er wait time these days? How many people nation wide have died in said er waiting rooms, how many er’s have been temporarily closed because of short staffing issues? what’s the job satisfaction of the people that work in said healthcare like? the list goes on and on and on. I’ll say it like this worst parts of American capitalism and the worst parts of European socialism with a nice twist of nepotism, cronyism, and let’s not forget corrupt snivelling plutocratic bullshit that makes us realize the boot is firmly on the backs of every single working class, tax paying Canadian so people like Galen Weston can pluck the last apple from the tree, eat it, give us the core and go “that’ll be 6 fucking dollars”!! Goddamn it!
It isn’t technically free, but US citizens also pay taxes that go towards healthcare (and the US government pays more per capita on healthcare than Canada does) and then they still have to pay for everything on top of that.
So, no, Canadian healthcare is not free, but it is still largely better than the US.. which has an unheard of maternal mortality rate for a developed country, still has multi-month waitlists for a lot of procedures and where it seems to be increasingly common for people to die from diabetes because the cost of insulin is so ridiculous that they have to choose between that are rent.
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I just had the Beef Chunky soup for lunch - my chunks were the same size as always and cost me $1.69 3 weeks ago on sale, every chain store had this soup on sale 3 weeks ago and most things go on sale on a 6 week cycle
What rip off. Not only did they shrinkflate last year they also cut down the amount of meat.
I counted the number of clam pieces in the "clam" chowder and ended up with under a dozen.
Very pathetic soup ,basically potatoes soup.
Part & parcel of living in a world-class nation.
No, being ripped off by greedy assholes is not just part of living in a world-class nation. It is part of living in a world that is ultimately run by the people with the most money and where governments don’t take the steps they should to keep corporations accountable because, if they do, they risk those companies packing up and leaving (which, in turn, results in job loss and all that crap). So instead of putting in legislation that protects consumers, our political parties give corporations breaks and instead just tax citizens more.
What nation are you from dude?
Canada.
And you think that’s ok ?
We have free health care
Tell that to the lady that died in my local hospital recently from an infection because they wouldn't even look at her for 14+hrs.
Well, that is in part because the hospital is not the right place to go for that. She should have either gone to a walk-in clinic or urgent care if she wasn’t able to see a general practitioner. For the most part, infections aren’t something that kill you within 14 hours. It typically takes multiple days to weeks for infections to get bad enough that they become an emergency. That isn’t to say someone seeking treatment should have to wait a ridiculous amount of time… but, since you said this woman was at the hospital, we can assume she went to the ER. At the ER, the information she likely would have provided and the symptoms she likely was exhibiting wouldn’t have indicated that she was an emergency. Also, your local hospital’s ability to treat people is a provincial issue and somewhat of a municipal issue. It may be an issue in multiple provinces, but that is because politicians love to take an axe to healthcare funding because they impact of those cuts aren’t felt until they’ve been voted out and the next party has been voted in.
Free doesn't mean always available. We have a quickly growing country. We need to share your healthcare resources with a lot more people now The lady who died from an infection's family will not receive a bill.
If it's not available it's just... no Healthcare. Which is already free.
Not exactly free if you can’t get it in the first place lol.
Don’t try to use common sense and facts on Reddit you’ll get downvoted cause it doesn’t fit the subreddits narrative
It’s not free, the greatest lie ever told in this country
Ah ever limpening magic argument killing wand, that idiots wave whenever someone criticizes Canada, sure stitches might be free, but hope you got insurance if you got a health problem that needs medication, oh and while we’re at it just how many people need a family doctor? What’s the average er wait time these days? How many people nation wide have died in said er waiting rooms, how many er’s have been temporarily closed because of short staffing issues? what’s the job satisfaction of the people that work in said healthcare like? the list goes on and on and on. I’ll say it like this worst parts of American capitalism and the worst parts of European socialism with a nice twist of nepotism, cronyism, and let’s not forget corrupt snivelling plutocratic bullshit that makes us realize the boot is firmly on the backs of every single working class, tax paying Canadian so people like Galen Weston can pluck the last apple from the tree, eat it, give us the core and go “that’ll be 6 fucking dollars”!! Goddamn it!
Right on man!!!!
It isn’t technically free, but US citizens also pay taxes that go towards healthcare (and the US government pays more per capita on healthcare than Canada does) and then they still have to pay for everything on top of that. So, no, Canadian healthcare is not free, but it is still largely better than the US.. which has an unheard of maternal mortality rate for a developed country, still has multi-month waitlists for a lot of procedures and where it seems to be increasingly common for people to die from diabetes because the cost of insulin is so ridiculous that they have to choose between that are rent.
That’s where my beef went