Canada - medical care

[Catty1]

Lilith - my goodness...do you not qualify for disability income, or at least coverage for medications?

That just SUCKS!

[cali]

wait times suck, yes. but as someone who is EXTREMLY low income I will take our system over the US any day. I like that if I am sick, I can go to the doctor, I dont have to make sure I have money first. all aspects of healthcare are not covered though, dentist and optomotrist appointments have to be paid for up front if you dont have coverage. even though my eyes were clouding over, and I was loosing focas etc.. I had to wait till I got my next paycheck, pay all my bills, then hope I had enugh to get my eyes checked out, and still eat. I could not imagine if I had to go through that for ALL health care.

Perscriptions depend on the people. we have Government plan for seniors($15 cap for covered meds) otherwise there are loads of differnt plans you can choose from. I personally am not covered at all, however because I work in a pharmacy, perscriptions for me and my family are at cost with no dispensing fee.