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That's outrageous. Blaming Mexicans for the disaster of the American health care system and all the crime in Las Vegas??!!
"Ill gotten gain"?? People living on minimum wage, working in the fields, dangerous construction, meat packing--jobs most *Americans* would never do and for less than a living wage at that. Jobs without benefits or health insurance, and managing somehow to save a little money to send to needy family members. You find this grievous?
The mess of the American health care *system* is hardly the responsibility of Mexican immigrants. America spends more on health care than any other country in the world and yet our children go unimmunized, mothers are forced to have drive by deliveries, and every few years Congress votes itself an ever better free health care package without copays or member premiums.
The real problem with American health care is the insurance industry and greedy personal injury attorneys and the utter inability of political leadership to install real health care reform for all Americans. The money is already there and already being spent, but disproportionately some Americans get lots while others get nothing.
American health care is completely broken and it is the fault of Americans , not Mexicans.
We must also never forget how the big pharmaceutical firms collude with the health insurance companies in the U.S. And how they try to penetrate Canada with their ideas of private medicine.
How many ultrasounds is a pregnant woman allowed in the U.S. if you are properly insured?
In some of the Canadian provinces it can be up 2 ultrasounds. Even 5-6 ultrasounds if the physician feels it's a problem. If there is an extra cost it's probably quite low.
As part of my work benefits, my employers pays the mandatory minimal health care fee for me....which is about $13.50 every 2 wks. That is for a person who is under single coverage. Otherwise I would pay that myself if I was unemployed.
So no, it's not completely free, but this small fee,....gives me access to any family physician, all the medical specialists, emergency care services, surgery, etc.
When I was unemployed and not covered by any employer as a benefit, I paid this fee willingly to the government. It is mandatory requirement if you are a legal resident in Canada. The fee I pay as a single person is...flat fee, regardless of a person's income level.
This is genuinely social medicine and affordable even for a struggling university student. I don't know how illegals are treated here in the health care system...but again...it's a fee that is reasonable for...everyone. A person does have to submit specific legitimate I.D. to the government authorities to apply for a health care card/be registered with the government. So there is a formal process..that takes several weeks
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