Is it easier to live in Canada rather than the U.S.?

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Grand pa

We live in BC Medicare is $96.00 a month for 2 people Medicine is on a deductable based on earnings. hospital free.no free colleges. I have had an angiogram heart attack fell on the pavement 8 hours in the er a meal free taxi home need to see my doctor monthly , Medicare premiums can be subsidided Next year when my wife retires . We get free medicare. The Olympics are comming jobs everywhere....some sites for more info medicalserviceplanofbc hellobc tourismvancouver

sydney_22_f

I am not aware of any free colleges.

Medicine is not free. Access to doctors is, but your taxes have already paid for it.

michinoku2001

It's not necessarily so simple. Family doctors provide primary care in Canada but in some areas all the family doctors are too busy to take new patients. Therefore people end up at after-hours clinics or ER for routine medical care. I haven't been to the same doctor twice in the past five years. I was on a wait list for two years with a certain doctor, then when I finally became his patient he moved away! I don't think that's anyones idea of good medical care, free or not.

ameeker

I'd love to live in Canada. Lucky ducks!

NONAME

there's no "free" anything in Canada or anywhere else that I know of, American's seem to think if you don't have to pay cash on the spot at a hospital it's free, we already paid for it from our income tax, so it's not free unless ur a bum...

carolynjlalena

We should all live in Canada. I even went as far to look into houses a little bit back - when that documentary of Michael Moores came out.
I don't think it would be a bad place to live. I have been to Montreal and it is pretty cool. You would have to research schools and neighborhoods.

Amanda S

As others have mentioned, healthcare is not free, it is paid for in our taxes. Depending on the area you live in, it isn't always difficult to get a doctor, and there isn't always a long wait...I have been able to get a family doctor immediately in every city I've lived in, and I've never waited more than 1hr in ER. College is not free, but it is less expensive here. Basically, if you want to live in a big city, it will be expensive, and you will have a hard time with doctors, but in a small town it will be cheaper and you should have no problem with doctors.

HAPA CHIC

colleges are not free ! unless you get scholarships
we pay higher taxes than us due to the fact many programs are subsidized like health care.It s not totally free.Medicine is not free unless you have extra insurance that pays for it .) or people on WELFARE get some medicines covering it !)
Where I work I get benefits included so most of my meds are covered .
Depending on where you live in canada the cost of living is different and so is the pay /salary

ie people in Ontario get a higher wage then people in Newfoundland as the cost of living is less in Newfoundlans

Angela O

Okay, people are just telling you about the scary parts. I live in Saskatchewan, I can book an appointment with my doctor usually within a week or two, if it is an emergency there are (free) medical clinics and/or ER. Prescriptions are not covered, I believe they are subsidized but most full time jobs have benefit coverage after the probation period..

College is NOT free. I don't know where everyone hears this from but they are wrong.

Taryn

I live in Canada, and it's great.
The medical is basically all free. You do have to pay for (most) prescriptions, but the meds are a lot cheaper than in the US. Most workplaces have prescription drug coverage in the benifits (100% or close).

Pretty much any place in Canada has "free" medical. Depending what treatment you need, look at what places have GOOD medical care.

Toronto, Vancouver, London and Montreal all have good hospitals.
There are other places with good hospitals as well.

It is expensive to live here, moreso in the big cities.
Food and gas are more expensive than in the US.

Things are changing a little with our dollar being valued higher than the US dollar... ie chapers is selling most books at the US cover price.

I don't know of any colleges that are free, unless you have Canadian Native Status. Even then, the college itself isn't free, but the band council pays the tuition cost.

Lex

Oh my dear lord, I could go on all day about this.

I am a US citizen who married a Canadian and now lives in Canada. Living-wise, it is more expensive but it's about the same culturally. Medically, in Ontario there's OHIP. I will guarantee you, the government will not let you move here - and this is a place where you can immigrate if you have enough money - just to collect health care. You also have to have a medical check during the application process to make sure you won't be too much a burden on the system. Let me break health care down for you.....

It's very hard to get a doctor here. Doctors can only make so much and have so many patients. My daughter was born in the wrong month to have a pediatrican and I haven't had a gynocological check in six years because of how hard it is to get in to see a specialist. There is no preventative health care whatever - if you get it, you better hope they can cure it. Recently there was a case - and we're a border city - where someone was taken across the border for an angioplasty because there was not the facilities in the area. Do you know how basic that procedure is? On the upside, we only have to pay an income assessed portion of our health care and that's on taxes.

I won't go on. I'll just say, look into your consulate and see the chances for moving without a family sponsor or a unique skill.

Good luck in whatever you do.

Rainia W

You still pay for medicine and college. University is cheaper here then in the States, but we still pay for our prescriptions. And we still pay taxes for health care and we have huge waits when we go to Emergency and well I could go on. So is it easier? Depends on your perspective. I might move to the States in a few years because my family really likes California and I am on medication too, but in the end as long as I get a job with health care it will end up costing me the same as it does up here, for my personal situation. That isn't the case for everyone though.
I know someone said that they have never waited more than an hour in ER and sometimes that is the case... but I have also waited and been with people who waited over four hours. Sometimes people who come by ambulance have to wait on their stretchers out in the hallway in the two main ERs in my city so it really can vary.

Explorer

Yes, Canada is way better than the US.
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