Any Canadians moved to US? Canada is a pretty great country with free health care, wondering if I am missing out...would love to hear your experience.

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In the US with good health insurance, I waited 6 hours in the ER for an X-ray after a car accident. And I once had to wait 4 months to get an appointment with an orthopedic surgeon.

Save your GOP talking points about wait times in Canada.

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Not sure what it’s like in the US, but hospital wait times are a disaster - people regularly 10+ hours in the Emergency Room, waitlists for specialists are 4+ months, the list goes on..
Given the opportunity I would switch to a private health care system.
I wouldn’t use the healthcare system as the basis for your decision to move up here.
source: I’m Canadian 🇨🇦

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Ok, but health outcomes are better. Maybe they’re optimizing for that rather than customer experience.

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D1 speaks the truth. If you have to wait horrendously long you might as well not have to pay for it

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I’m not sure what level of income you think equates to “our level,” but the US pays a HUGE amount of money for healthcare for worse outcomes. So the negative drag created by that probably means you need to have a very high income indeed before you’re better off in the US

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Moved to the US about ten years ago. Nothing beats home, but by being in the US you’re usually closer to the seat of power. More opportunities for interesting work, I’ve found.

Source: 🇨🇦

Agree completely with D1

You do wait significantly longer in Canada for procedures, that’s backed up by pretty much every study. However overall health outcomes are better. You still pay for it C1, just through taxes. Overall most probably are better off under the Canadian system, with the poorer benefitting most while those with our level of income probably benefit more from the US system.
Personally I’m just wary of our dysfunctional government being able to run single payer. I look at the VA and shudder

Just to add context, I’m Canadian, working in the US, getting poached to move. Salary is A LOT higher.

^sounds like a worthwhile move

Have you compared take home pay and cost of living? The top line salary comparison is hard to use with so many other variables in motion

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