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As a Canadian living in the USA… the efficiency of the US healthcare system in comparison to Canada’s is INCREDIBLY overstated. From my experience it has been no more efficient, but a HELL of a lot more expensive and insanely depressing.
I've literally never heard anyone state that the US healthcare system is more efficient than Canada's, let alone overstate it.
Generally people in the US fear monger about wait times in Canada as if they are awesome here in the US. They might be better here in the US for a lot of things but we also pay 50% more.
Based on the responses in this thread we pay infinity percent more. There's a lot of $0.00 stories here.
Almost like the capital owners are the ones paying...