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Public vs. Private Healthcare in Canada Essay

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The private health care system is superior to the public health care system Being a Canadian citizen, it is hard for me to think of life without any health insurance. I have had public health insurance all my life growing up and have been free to go to any hospital at any time and get some form of health care. Residing in the United States off and for the last 7 years I have experienced health care from both sides. I feel that private health care has huge advantages over public health care. In the following essay I will explain in three points why I feel strongly about private health care as opposed to public. What is better is always subjective, and I will not try to argue the point of health for all, but instead …show more content…

He had a blood level drawn in Canada and was told that his level was not high enough for treatment and that unless his level went about 7 (his was 5) he would not receive treatment. For the line up was to long with this type of cancer and that only a blood level of 7 is where treatment begins. He continued to have symptoms that indicated that he was not getting any better so he decided to travel into the U S and have it investigated by the Mayo Clinic. Although he had to pay because he was not a US citizen he received top quality care with numerous appointments of explanations of options he could choose. In the US the blood level is actively treated at 5. My Uncle opted for the surgery to remove his prostate and when the surgery was performed the doctor told him he had a "big cancer" there and that in a year or so it would of advanced into his body. He shuttered to think the treatments he would of had to endure and was relieved that he was now cancer free. Now if he had opted to go the Canadian public way he would of probably not survived seeing they would of waited for his blood level to show up at 7, never mind all the cost all those treatments and hospitalizations would of cost the government ,thus the taxpayer me. He was told if and when he needed treatment it would take up to 5-7 months. An example of the public system occurred to me, where I felt the care was less than efficient. I experienced abdominal pain and went to an emergency

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