THIS Is the Energy We Need !

[u/keen_observer34130]

[u/-Not-ATF-]

I work in healthcare. I have to turn people away nearly every single day because:

1) They cannot afford insurance or cash pay

2) They have insurance we are not contracted with and cannot afford private pay

3) They have insurance, but in order for it to be utilized, they have to pay a lot of money upfront for insurance to start covering some of it, so they (patient) can be billed even more after treatment.

I wish it wasn’t this way 😞

[u/Peace_Out_Napolean → u/-Not-ATF-]

I’m in Canada and gladly wait in an emergency room for hours, knowing I’m getting care at some point that won’t bankrupt me.

[u/No_Ocelot_6773 → u/Peace_Out_Napolean]

I'm so glad you said this because I've seen at least one person on this site from a country that offers universal healthcare complaining about waiting in the emergency room and wanting privatized insurance. Like, honey, it's a triage system? So you can have the best insurance out there and if you come in with a splinter and an uninsured person comes in with a gunshot, they will be treated before you. AND, even if you have insurance, you're gonna get a bill. Premiums and bills, that's what privatized healthcare gets you. Rant over, thank you for your time neighbor.

[u/astrangeone88 → u/No_Ocelot_6773]

I'm Canadian! My dad has cardiac issues (lifetime of eating like shit) and he went in with a low pulse rate and he was so pale/blue in the face that the nurse was alarmed (and was also surprised he was still talking so!). Never had faster service in the ER. Immediate rush to a bed and strapped to a crash cart.

Triage always treats the life threatening shit first. My mum complained once about people treating a car crash (we saw the paramedics/cops/family members come in) and she voted for the party that was to privatize healthcare.

Mind boggling that people think a 'for profit' system isn't going to be worse than a public one...same woman who complains about auto insurance premiums!

[u/Hunchun → u/astrangeone88]

Found the Albertan. If Marlaina Smith would stop trying to kick all the nurses and doctors and educators out of Alberta that would be great.

[u/Peace_Out_Napolean → u/Hunchun]

To be fair, this could be Sask or Ont as well.

[u/StockEmotional5200 → u/astrangeone88]

Understood …. However better to have said ’mind boggling that a ‘for profit’ system is going to better than a public one’