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RE: 150 Reasons Canada Rocks Pt. 2: Health
@redhens, I am also a Canadian but I think we Canadians suffer often from rose coloured-glasses-itis.
Also our health system works alright compared to many places in the world but we often overlook areas where our system absolutely sucks and is an embarrassment.
- The percentage of taxes going to health care is criminal.
- It's run by government - so it's inherently inefficient
- There's very little choice - you get who ever is on call
- Wait time in the ER is criminal
- Book an appointment for anything and you're waiting weeks or months
- It doesn't cover a lot of stuff (where's my prostate screening?)
- Most rural and small city populations simply don't have proper services or advanced equipment and people have to drive for 100's km to visit a specialist or get time on a machine.
Our healthcare is ok for basic things, but not worth bragging about IMHO. Get really sick in Canada and you're likely dead meat.
Great post though and thanks for the good discussion.
This is all true -- and worth discussing. My intent for this post series is not to make Canada seem perfect, but to celebrate the great things The country does have to offer, or that Canadians have achieved.
Certainly, the country has plenty of room for improvement. But I still thought it would be interesting to highlight some well known -- and lesser known -- things on the positive side. 🙂
Thanks for your comment. The only reasons that Canadians have achieved as much as they have is because they've seen problems that needed to be fixed. So we do need to keep the negatives in the limelight too so that we can find ways to make them better.
Well said @redhens. Don't get me wrong, I'm proud of my country too and like you said the first step in making our collective lives better is pointing out ways to improve. Cheers!