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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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[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

I'm a dual citizen, currently living in the States. I can say with certainty that there is some lingering fear mongering around single-payer healthcare. Lots of Americans have this idea that healthcare in other countries is terrible. I've had people flat-out refuse to believe that hospital wait times for deadly emergencies don't regularly exceed 6 hours in Canada.

I'm guessing that the people profiting from the current system in the US have done their best to convince everyone that it's the best way.