To those of us in Canada, remember, "non-essential medical procedures" (which are prohibited in many places in Canada now) include many cancer screenings, tumor removals, and treatments. "Essential" means "will kill you in 24 hours", not "needed to live". It doesn't mean they're stopping plastic surgery only, it means they're stopping anything that they can put off while declaring their conscience clear.
If you're concerned about anything, make sure you get yourself checked, it isn't like the hospitals are crowded, they'll take you right in... Assuming you can get in in-between medical lockdowns.
Something I've noticed in my circle of acquaintances in the past six month is how many aren't pushing universal healthcare in the US. I think what has been happening up in Canada is part of the reason they've gone silent on the subject. As people have showed them articles about how Canada has shutdown basic medical services and they don't have a response to why that's so great. Especially since many of the people calling for universal healthcare have chronic health issues that largely is due to their own lifestyle choices. But Canada has shut off services they'd actually need if we had nationalized healthcare.
Ah yes. I've only been looking at this from the American perspective. I bet all these countries with socialized healthcare systems have absolutely loved all the new justification to write shit off. Bet they've saved billions.
Much like the USA, the biggest complaint of healthcare here is being being laid off for lack of work. Churn is high, but so is unemployment. Out of curiosity I approached a few medical industries and checked if they needed employees, and they all came back with a variant on "we're cutting back, not expanding".
Medical MEDIA is booming, but medical itself is finding all new ways to bring austerity measures.
To those of us in Canada, remember, "non-essential medical procedures" (which are prohibited in many places in Canada now) include many cancer screenings, tumor removals, and treatments. "Essential" means "will kill you in 24 hours", not "needed to live". It doesn't mean they're stopping plastic surgery only, it means they're stopping anything that they can put off while declaring their conscience clear.
If you're concerned about anything, make sure you get yourself checked, it isn't like the hospitals are crowded, they'll take you right in... Assuming you can get in in-between medical lockdowns.
Something I've noticed in my circle of acquaintances in the past six month is how many aren't pushing universal healthcare in the US. I think what has been happening up in Canada is part of the reason they've gone silent on the subject. As people have showed them articles about how Canada has shutdown basic medical services and they don't have a response to why that's so great. Especially since many of the people calling for universal healthcare have chronic health issues that largely is due to their own lifestyle choices. But Canada has shut off services they'd actually need if we had nationalized healthcare.
Ah yes. I've only been looking at this from the American perspective. I bet all these countries with socialized healthcare systems have absolutely loved all the new justification to write shit off. Bet they've saved billions.
Much like the USA, the biggest complaint of healthcare here is being being laid off for lack of work. Churn is high, but so is unemployment. Out of curiosity I approached a few medical industries and checked if they needed employees, and they all came back with a variant on "we're cutting back, not expanding".
Medical MEDIA is booming, but medical itself is finding all new ways to bring austerity measures.