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Do Canadians have to pay for their healthcare? Do they (you) like your healthcare system?

Now I ask this and want answers from Canadians though others can answer as well but i want to know from Canadians firsthand if they like their healthcare system and they get treated well and fast and if they have to pay or not, even the slightest form of payments if there are any. from my knowledge canada has free healthcare and i wish that the united states would adopt that as well. and of course if you as a canadian like this system. also if you are a brit or from france or whoever else has this system id like you to add your thoughts as well. everyone is invited to give their thoughts but id like most for firsthand thoughts from the people that have this form of healthcare themselves, as said initially. thanks

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1. 1st answer no, but the taxes will kill you up to 50% you pay in canada. no health system is perfect thank you
2. lol
3. Yes, canadians pay for their healthcare with very high taxes. I was born and lived in canada much of my life. I can honestly say that now that I live in the states, I have much better healthcare. There is no such thing as "free healthcare" you always pay it one way or another. Here is what happens in Canada. Not only do Canadians have Government run healthcare, but we also have private clinics and hospitals. The successful people in Canada still choose to go to the private doctors and clinics and pay. Or they even choose to come to the US and get even better healthcare. Now...this is important. The doctors in private hospitals and clinics are paid far better than the doctors in the Government run clinics. So what happens is that the best doctors work privately. The Goverment run clinics and hospitals get the flunkie doctors. So what you have is even more separation between the rich and the poor when it comes to the quality of healthcare. Any person who tells you that Canadian healthcare is better than the USAs healthcare quite simply hasnt had both like me.
4. No such thing as a free lunch. They get you with taxes instead of direct payment. If that system is so great why do you still hear of them coming to the U.S. and PAYING for a doctor? Short answer is because with the "free" health care they also have long lines to see doctors. So if they REALLY need a surgery they will come here at times, just to get it done before the lack of surgery kills them. As someone from the U.S. I DON'T want this. I am STRONGLY against it. Yes I have health insurance but when I didn't have health insurance I didn't want it.