I don't know anyone who's ever been in that position, but that sounds really strange to me. I've never been in/heard from someone I know about a situation where the government would only cover so many. But like you say, it's not that different from insurance just not covering it.
See, my only real problem with our health care system is that I wish they covered dental. I'm off my dad's insurance in 4 months, and my teeth are terrible. Like, I've paid almost 4 figures for every dentist appointment I had for like 3 years. Which was a lot of appointments. If OHIP would cover that, man, would my life ever be easier XD
I've never had bad health care though. Ever. And I'm massively accident prone, and paranoid when I'm sick. So I end up at the doctor/hospital a fair bit. If I had to pay every time, I think I probably wouldn't have gone when I broke my foot a couple years ago, or when I couldn't stop throwing up for a week, and it freaks me out to think about what could have gone wrong because of those sort of things.
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See, my only real problem with our health care system is that I wish they covered dental. I'm off my dad's insurance in 4 months, and my teeth are terrible. Like, I've paid almost 4 figures for every dentist appointment I had for like 3 years. Which was a lot of appointments. If OHIP would cover that, man, would my life ever be easier XD
I've never had bad health care though. Ever. And I'm massively accident prone, and paranoid when I'm sick. So I end up at the doctor/hospital a fair bit. If I had to pay every time, I think I probably wouldn't have gone when I broke my foot a couple years ago, or when I couldn't stop throwing up for a week, and it freaks me out to think about what could have gone wrong because of those sort of things.