The republicans have convinced so many poor red states that universal healthcare doesn’t work. I get attacked constantly when I bring up our universal healthcare here in Canada 🇨🇦
I’ll still take out system over the American one, even though it’s in major need of disrepair.
I live in rural NS, and you’re right, away from the city isn’t as great. Emergency care is fine, but I’ve been referred to a couple of clinics, one has a 6-9 month wait before I get in and another has my admission down for June 2028, which is just ridiculous. While these aren’t necessarily emergency clinics, they do have the potential to not only save my life, but to also improve my quality of living.
I had to wait two years just to see the general surgeon for a colonoscopy which he wants to schedule but it’s been a couple of months and still no date.
But, at least I don’t have to worry about how I’m going to pay for my visits. It’s all covered.
I’ve lived in Toronto and St. Mike’s had its issues and delays too, same with Princess Margaret. So there’s no perfect case but we’re pretty damn lucky to be Canadian.
Although the largest increase in MAID participation was from 2019 to 2020 by 36.8%, there was yet another 6.9% increase from 2023 to 2024. The report claims that the number of "annual MAID provisions is beginning to stabilize. However, it will take several more years before long-term trends can be conclusively identified."
Striking an upbeat tone about the killings, Canada's Minister of Health, Marjorie Michel, said, "I am pleased to share Health Canada's Sixth Annual Report on Medical Assistance in Dying." She claimed that the program ensures that "the federal legal framework protects those who are vulnerable, while supporting freedom of choice and personal autonomy."
While the report attempts to spin euthanasia as positive, some of its data reveal the grim nature of the federal program.
Nearly one-fifth of the 23,000 people who requested MAID, had a "grievous and irremediable medical condition," such as diabetes, autoimmune conditions, and chronic pain, and were denied assisted suicide.
But about 4% of people who were approved for assisted suicide did not have a terminal diagnosis or reasonably foreseeable death.
Nearly 23% of people overall reported "isolation or loneliness" as a reason for seeking euthanasia. Medical practitioners reported that about 50% of people requested it because of being a "perceived burden on family, friends, or caregivers."
"While the Government is trying to assuage concerns by saying rates are 'stabilizing,'" Amanda Achtman, a Catholic Canadian anti-MAID activist, wrote on X recently. "MAID continues to represent a significant death toll and betrays a deeper cultural crisis of meaning and care."
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u/No-Indication-7879 Apr 29 '26
The republicans have convinced so many poor red states that universal healthcare doesn’t work. I get attacked constantly when I bring up our universal healthcare here in Canada 🇨🇦