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Dumb question regarding single payer health in the USA (kbin.social)

submitted 7 months ago by Maeve@kbin.social to c/Canada@kbin.social

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I apologize if this is offensive, but I really need to understand:

An instructor of a course I'm taking claims that several years ago, a 70 year old Canadian friend of the family was denied a stent, due to age. This sounds sus af to me, so I'm wondering if there is any province that would deny this procedure to someone based solely on their age?

Tyia.

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[–] FMT99@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't know about Canada specifically, but doctors do routinely weigh operations against the possible impact on quality of life. For example anesthetic can be a significant risk for elderly patients and the cure may end up being worse than three disease. How and if this happened in this case I can't say but it's one possible explanation.

[–] Maeve@kbin.social 1 points 7 months ago

Thank you