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If Canada became a state, Canadians would have ‘much better’ health coverage, says Trump (www.ctvnews.ca)
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U.S. President Donald Trump says Canadians would have “much better” health coverage if Canada became the 51st state.

He made the remarks during a briefing in North Carolina, where he toured areas struck by Hurricane Helene on Friday.

“I would love to see Canada be the 51st state,” he said. “The Canadian citizens, if that happened, would get a very big tax cut -- a tremendous tax cut -- because they are very highly taxed.”

“They’d have much better health coverage. I think the people of Canada would like it,” said the president.

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[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Here's a fun one my wife got:

She picked an in network doctor for her treatment so insurance would cover it. She got a large bill anyway because the office that the doctor worked in was out of network.

It's literally impossible to get insurance coverage. You can pick the doctor or building (I've read anesthesiologists can be separate too.) But you are going to pay a bill that insurance won't cover.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 4 points 23 hours ago

She picked an in network doctor

Yet another thing that Canadians never have to concern ourselves with.