Would you be in favour of adopting a system like in Canada? Canada's health care system is a group of socialized health insurance plans that provides coverage to all Canadian citizens. It is publicly funded and administered on a provincial or territorial basis, within guidelines set by the federal government. Under the health care system, individual citizens are provided preventative care and medical treatments from primary care physicians as well as access to hospitals, dental surgery and additional medical services. With a few exceptions, all citizens qualify for health coverage regardless of medical history, personal income, or standard of living.
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Having a universal plan would be much better than having no plan, though. Otherwise, you can be hung out to dry so easily. I used to have health insurance through my job, not great but decent, $40 copay for preventative stuff, and about $100 a month, which was so much worse than what I had when I went to college through the school, but I was glad to have something. Then I went in for a gynecology appt and found out that my pap smear was abnormal - I might have cervical cancer. A colposcopy was scheduled and right around that time, my company was bought out by this Australian company. That was this December. They cancelled our health insurance, and keep stringing us along as to when we're getting new health insurance. The latest word is June. I've had to keep putting off my follow-up treatment, because I can't afford a few thousand dollars, and the only clinic sort of cheap place I know that can help only makes appointments at the beginning of a month, and if you call and they're booked up that month, you have to call back next month for an appointment. I'm a little scared at this point. However, we do seem to do a good job as a country at covering children. I just don't understand why the human life apparently becomes worthless when you turn 18/graduate college.
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