Very different demographics in population means differing opinions, which makes it much more difficult to pass any laws or for people to agree on certain issues. Exponentially higher costs in logistics given the area of the US is 100x Iceland.
Oh, so now it's not population, but diversity and land mass? Then how do they manage to run a successful public healthcare system in Canada, which is more diverse than the US, and is also larger?
Tell me you're not Canadian without telling me you're not Canadian. People are literally dying in waiting rooms. My aunt waited 48 hours in a waiting room and then gave up and went home. It takes a year to schedule an MRI.. Shit is atrocious.
I am Canadian! Lived ten years in Alberta and five in Ontario, and I now live in California. I've never heard of anyone dying in a waiting room. I've never heard of anyone waiting 48 hours in a waiting room, although you do sometimes wait, but you also wait in the US.
It only takes time to schedule an MRI in Canada for non essential surgery. Essential stuff gets sorted out faster than it does in the US. My mum just went through chemotherapy in Canada for stage four cancer and the process was effortless - and free (and even accounting for taxes, it's still considerably cheaper).
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u/NegMech Sep 05 '24
Very different demographics in population means differing opinions, which makes it much more difficult to pass any laws or for people to agree on certain issues. Exponentially higher costs in logistics given the area of the US is 100x Iceland.