Is is plausible to seek medical care in Canada or Mexico if you say, "screw $$$ american care"?

Question

Would Canada give cheap services to a non-citizen? Still would be cheaper than America. Has anyone done this before or thought of doing it if they broke an arm or something. I would.

Answer 1

I'm not sure how it works in Canada, but I know in order to get Japanese health insurance (I'm a US citizen living in Japan) I have to register with the national health people, prove I'm a resident, and pay a few hundred bucks every month.

Maybe if you were accident-prone, it'd be worthwhile to move to Canada. I'm sure there are higher rates for non-residents, if they consent to treat you at all. The commute is also hellacious for many.

On the plus side, though, I had to take my daughter to the emergency room last fall -- she fell on a drinking glass. There were X-rays (two I think) and a bandage involved. And of course, it was a weekend evening. The whole thing cost me about $5 US. And we could all get a good night's sleep knowing all the glass was out, instead of sitting at home wondering if something was maybe wrong.

Answer 2

Canada yes,I don't think too much of medical care in Mexico just from what I read and hear.
I'm talking good medical care,IDK how cheap it is but if you have an emergency it's the law in the U.S.that they have to treat you in an emergency room whether you're able to pay or not.

Answer 3

i answered you and your other question and let me say this too, I went ot england and have allergies and asthma, (stupid me) I had no inhalors with me at the time, i went though their medical services to get some benadryl and a over the counter inhalor, (you go to chemists not pharmacists) i was NOT able to purchase these inless i saw a doctor first, the doctors office was packed with people sniffing and snorting, the wait was going to be a whole afterenoon to the next day. i said screw it and went to the pub, then to my inlaws, at whose house i was staying. they told me that in order to get decent medical in england you pay up the b*** for it, they called their private doctor for me and he was booked solid for days, I could wait, yet still have to get prescription from him for chemist! otherwise you do as all the other citizens do and suffer inline for free? medical care. i just flew home quicker than i wanted to, that was my solution, though it was a great trip, i needed medical care and that was more important at the time.
now if you want ot break an arm and head up north go for it, but no matter what you would do better here, as money talks. good luck!

Answer 4

Yes, you can do it, but you may find that NHS is not the utopia of health care that the movie Sicko wants to brainwash you into believing.

I personally know several Canadians who cross into the US to get their medical care because NHS puts them on 2 year waiting lists to treat things like the effects of Cystic Fibrosis.

Another one I know broke her wrist and couldn't get it set in Canada. She had to drive to the US to have it reset here. By that time it required surgery to put things right.

NHS is just a drug-pushing system like the US health care system. It's just run by a government bureaucracy.

Answer 5

If I lived closer to the Canadian
border, yes, I would try get
medical care there.
I would try for double-citizenship or get info
on how to do it.
Negative on the Mexican health care.

Answer 6

You can go to either country and pay cash for your treatment, which will still be cheaper than in the US. Otherwise you have to live in those countries and pay into the healthcare system to get it for "free."

Answer 7

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Answer 8

shaking head?@!

Answer 9

hahahahahahaha! maybe you should try it! or maybe cuba...