• banneryear1868@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Canada’s NDP wants to implement a federal public plan for these “extra” health services, recently made a deal with the Liberals to push a low-income dental benefit through, and they’re very open that it isn’t enough. Being in a union will likely negotiate you a better benefits package right now which is pretty lame considering how many people aren’t in unions.

      The funny thing in the US is they don’t even get the benefit of the government negotiating prices with private health companies, their “medicare” is like a tax break but it basically just helps these companies keep their prices ridiculously high by softening the impact for patients. In the US system you’re not really a patient though, you’re a consumer of healthcare, like a customer.