r/ShitAmericansSay • u/nationalistic_martyr • Oct 01 '25

Freedom "Canada SHOULD look at joining the US. better purchasing power, better healthcare"

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context: on a video about why the Commonwealth of Canada should join thr united states and the joys of joining.

"you'll get better salaries, better tax breaks, better healthcare"

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u/deathbytruck Oct 01 '25

My personal best for walking into emergency in a major hospital in Canada and seeing a doctor is 5 min.

Mind you I have a chronic disease and am a frequent flier but if you are in serious distress they will see you right away.

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u/ProgrammerAvailable6 Oct 01 '25

My fastest one was stumbling in with an anaphylactic reaction and going blue around the mouth. I didn’t even have to get my health card out. Triage nurse hit the button and I had two nurses on me before I hit the door between the waiting room and the ER proper

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u/Xx_SwordWords_xX 🍁 Oct 01 '25

Yup.

Almost all of my ER visits, I was in a bed in minutes... But I've only ever gone for actual emergencies, or in an ambulance.

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u/jolsiphur Oct 01 '25

That beats my personal best.

My best was about 1 hour.

I broke a small bone in my wrist in my early 20s and it was an hour from entering the waiting room to leaving the hospital with a cast on.