Peanutbutter asked people to identify the one thing that Canadians could take pride in - and many people responded with the Canadian medical care system.
Interesting that the healthcare system came up so frequently.
In my experience most of the Canadians that I have met abroad have very clearly explained how awful the Canadian medical system was in comparrison to local healthcare and expressed gratitude at being able to use the local system because they "would never have gotten the right treatment in Canada", "would have had to suffer for months before getting the right tests scheduled", "would have died before being able to see a specialist", "would have lost their baby if they hadn't run across the border to get proper care", "are living in because Canadian healthcare sucks", "husband would have died", etc. (note THEIR words, not mine).
I heard this most recently in Spain this year. So what's the real story?
2006-12-26
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