We have no medical bills here in Canada. That is, it is paid for only by taxation, which is one of the reasons we pay higher taxes and higher prices for goods here than in the US. It is also the reason why lines are longer for emergency health care, and why we sometimes go down south of the border for special treatment.
But in the US, people have to pay medical bills to receive treatment. That makes me think that, to live in the US, you need to be either really healthy or really rich. A way of "natural selection", if you will.
Yet, I see poor people with unhealthy/unsanitary lifestyles in the US on reality TV and in the news. How do they live like that? I mean, poor people in the US including many illegal immigrants can only afford food that would only make them less healthy, and they can't afford to pay medical bills either. It's stupid. Unskilled labor is the backbone of any country's economy, so why not take better care of them in the US?
We have stricter food standards here in Canada because we don't want too many patients in our hospitals. That's one of the reasons why Canada is a better country for immigrants with poor backgrounds than the US.
But in the US, people have to pay medical bills to receive treatment. That makes me think that, to live in the US, you need to be either really healthy or really rich. A way of "natural selection", if you will.
Yet, I see poor people with unhealthy/unsanitary lifestyles in the US on reality TV and in the news. How do they live like that? I mean, poor people in the US including many illegal immigrants can only afford food that would only make them less healthy, and they can't afford to pay medical bills either. It's stupid. Unskilled labor is the backbone of any country's economy, so why not take better care of them in the US?
We have stricter food standards here in Canada because we don't want too many patients in our hospitals. That's one of the reasons why Canada is a better country for immigrants with poor backgrounds than the US.