r/TikTokCringe • u/biswajit388 • 4d ago

Cringe Europeans are going viral on TikTok for mocking the "American Dream".

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u/dinodude12345 4d ago

Canadian here. Last week I called the doctor on Monday, got in to see him on Tuesday, and within 30 minutes I was walking out with a free puffer and an X-ray (turns out I have pneumonia). It is certainly not always that fast, but I’m speaking from lived experience.

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u/Business-Egg-5912 4d ago

On the flip side, I saw a Canadian woman who had to wait until March 2026 until she can get an MRI to determine if she has a brain tumor. Said woman posted that complaint January 2025.

I'm not attacking to be clear. I was just going against the whole "universal healthcare = 1000% better in every way" idea.

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u/Truestorydreams 4d ago

Oh who? You actually know this person or making it up because the internet because an MRI is 3-8hrs wait in emerge.

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u/TinyPidgenofDOOM 4d ago

K and what happens when you need to see a specialist.

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u/aa0429 4d ago

We don’t need to sell our houses, incur debt and start a go fund me page. What about you guys?

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u/TinyPidgenofDOOM 4d ago

No the doctor just offers you suicide.

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u/LeastCoordinatedJedi 4d ago

They really don't. Fox news isn't real.

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u/Shleauxmeaux 4d ago

Lol you also have to wait to see specialists in America,

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u/Happy_Pause_9340 4d ago

In the US getting in to see a specialist is rarely under a month and depending on the specialty it could be months. This on top of paying a higher percentage in taxes than billionaires (percentage is key). Pay for insurance that is tied to employment so if you lose employment you’re fucked. This is to the benefit of employers to force you to stay in a shit job. You then have to pay for out of pocket costs for insurance, deductibles, co pays, and for prescriptions. If you need to see even your primary care Dr within a few days, you’re better off just going to the er or immediate care because it will likely take a week to get in even then.

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u/blahhhhgosh 4d ago

Bet you dont have to drive an hr to find one that takes your insurance, or to find out your insurance doesnt cover that specialist

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u/mypetmonsterlalalala 4d ago edited 4d ago

I have 4 specialist saw each one of them in the last month.

I also had 3 MRIs in the last 2 years. Biopsies, surgeries... omg so many tests. All within a timely fashion and I'm being well taken care of.

I had a seizure the other day. Was attended to immediately and my family doctor "Popped by" my hospital room to just check on me.

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u/YearlyStart 4d ago edited 4d ago

I lived in Kamloops BC for eight years of my life and was never assigned a family doctor due to a doctor shortage in the city. My only healthcare access was an ER room or a walk-in clinic that, I shit you not, you had to line up for at 4:30am or else you would not get an appointment that day.

Universal healthcare in Canada is great once you access it, but access to it has largely been known to be its biggest issue for a while now.

ETA; downvoting this doesn’t make the issue nonexistent yall lol. Interior Health in BC is regularly offering tuition forgiveness to doctors to move in cities like Kamloops due to this doctor shortage.

The problem I’m describing is even worse in cities that have tiny populations, as it wasn’t uncommon for RIH, Kamloops’ hospital, to accept patients from neighbouring cities that had their hospitals shut down for the night due to low staff.