Quote Originally Posted by CFH View Post
Speaking as someone who lives in a country where health care is pretty much free, its not all its cracked up to be. If I need to go and see my doctor for some mundane reason, then its great. But if I need to get any type of major surgery done, I will most likely have to wait months and even years. An older guy I work with has been waiting 2+ years for knee surgery, surgery he needs; that is not an uncommon situation. Also, there have been private clinics that attempted to open up in some cities here where, if you had the money and didn't want to wait, you could pay for whatever procedure you needed, like in the States, and the fucking government blocked them as being unconstitutional. Which is fucking stupid. Also, doctors make way more money in the U.S. (and elsewhere) because of their system, so the best doctors often adandon Canada to head south to make serious coin. Plus, in about 20-30 years when all the baby-boomers get old its going to fly completely off the rails.

All that being said, I'd still take our system over your most of the time, but I'm a poor student, so I might feel different if I ever actually manage to parlay my education into a successful career.
Did you have a wife working for a major health insuarer?
Did it cost you over a thousand dollars to get an infected finger looked at?