Some misconceptions about universal health care?

I’ve read many misconceptions about universal healthcare. No, it’s not perfect, yes sometimes there are waits. But here are some misconceptions and the facts.
MYTH:It takes weeks to months to go see a gp.
Fact: Walk in clinics are everywhere for most of them an appointment is not nessecary. it doesn’t take weeks or months at the most a few hours. I’ve never waited longer than 5 minutes.
MYTH: You can’t decide what doctor you want to see.
FACT: You can go see any doctor you wish.
MYTH: The doctors aren’t as good.
FACT: They go through intense medical training.
MYTH: There are no medical advancements done in countries with universal healthcare.
FACT: Canada is the county that invented the pacemaker, discovered insulin for dietbedies, we were the first ones to start practicing chemotherepy on cancer patients, Canada was the first country to practice heart surgery by a robot , the ones who invented the electric wheelchair, we discovered the DNA gene for cystic fibrosis…
Those are just a few advancements from one country who has universal healthcare. There are thousands more from other countries as well.

MYTH: You must wait years for every surgery
FACT: Not true, I’ve known plenty of people including myself that got surgeries that were needed in just a few months. Although there are longer waits on hip replacements. (At least in Canada.)
MYTH: It’s too expensive
FACT: The number one cause of bankruptcy in the US is from medical care.
So now that we cleared those up what is so terrible about it?
scottsdalehigh64: I would tend to disagree with your comment about American medical rsearch. Although your country does a lot of wonderful things on research and development, I would suggest you look at the size of your population. For the size of your population I would say you’re probably on par with a lot of countries with socialized healthcare.

Canada was the first country to use a robot to reduce strokes in a common cardiac disorder. Canada was the first to use an artificial kidney machine, we discovered the chemotherapy drugs vinca alkaloids, we did the worlds first liver transplant, we were the first ones to finish the human genome map and we were the world’s first robotic-assisted left atrial appendage ligation.

This is just the tip of the iceberg. Plus the UofA might have the cure for alheimers and other forms of dimensia.
Midnightmoons: I can understand that.

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