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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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[–] refalo@programming.dev -4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I had to wait 4 months to see a doctor for my uLMS, and I personally know of several others now with worse conditions that also had to wait months. If you search around online you will also find many more similar occurrences. Same for ER visits taking literally all day long.

In general I don't think it is a lie, this IS happening.

How much it goes on, or how often it might be a made up occurrence, and how often that needs to happen for you to consider it a "lie", might be a separate matter.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Meanwhile, in the US, every ER and urgent care visit that wasn't at 3 AM was an all-day affair, and I've also had four-month waits to see specialists, all while paying out the nose.

[–] refalo@programming.dev -2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Yes I think both situations are often not ideal. At least in US you have the option, if you have the money, to be able to go to an "out of network" facility that can see you much sooner and probably get a much better standard of care.

Probably doesn't outweigh the cons for everyone else though.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

No, it doesn't, because even someone relatively well-off like me can't afford the absolutely astronomical bills that would be incurred by going out-of-network.

Edit: downvotes from people who have never seen a $957,000 statement from a hospital