Yeah, but how much? I have many friends/acquaintances in professional positions who have 2 weeks of PTO annually, and if the have STD it's only because they are paying for it themselves. You can't count on that as any kind of reasonable back-up.
And every industrialized country in the world disagrees with that stance. I’m so glad to live in a country that cares about women!
I do worry about the WWIII prospect, what with the unrest spearheaded by Russia
Our government doesn't just hand out public money for maternity or sick leave. These are covered conditions under our federal Employment Insurance system, into which each worker pays premiums and are therefore entitled to defined benefits, like any other form of insurance. Sometimes these coverages overlap; those with supplemental insurance (either privately purchased or through workplace benefits) would generally collect short-or-long-term disability that way, rather than through federal Employment Insurance.
Do all of your athletes feel that way?
What on earth does that have to do with anything? No clue about any of that.
You gloated that your country “cares about women” as it relates to maternity leave.
First of all, no one is treated differently due to skin color on a government level (unless you count affirmative action which discriminates against whites and Asians) and it’s very rare on a cultural level as well nowadays. Government protects people of all sexual orientations as well and by snd large the cultures more accepting of them than ever before. With roe vs wade, it was given to each state to decide which is the way the country was intended to be, each state making their own laws and existing like mini countries almost, fed government was only originally supposed to protect all the states. If you don’t like the laws of your state (as put into action by democratically elected officials) you are free to live in another state whose laws you agree with. And I suggest you or anyone else who finds America so objectionable and discriminatory to go live in a country like Iran or China then maybe you’ll appreciate this country. I really wish everyone who hates this country would just leave, it would make the country a much better place for those of us who appreciate being able to live in the best and most amazing country the world has ever known
Does it? Seems like a very niche area to me.
At the risk of stating the obvious it was about/around 4th of July. Would you not expect your threads about Canada Day to have a similar vibe? I definitely remember them doing so. Furthermore while you're welcome to join in the conversation I'm unsure of your investment so heavily in a thread started on a holiday celebrating the U.S.
other high scorers on the list: https://vacationtracker.io/blog/countries-with-the-best-maternity-and-paternity-leave/My mom and my aunt (her sister) went to Mexico together to have their gastric sleeves done. It was a resort-style hospital stay, with all American surgeons and medical staff, but significantly cheaper than what they would have had to pay in the US.
It would be complicated to implement but that’s like saying it would be hard to implement an NHS in a country with 60 million that has been set up in a country with 10 million. I think that the bigger issue is that the healthcare industry is so vehemently opposed to it. It would undoubtedly be better for the majority of US citizens to have national healthcare services, but it would have huge ramifications on profits for the healthcare industry.
Medical tourism isn’t a big thing here at all and certainly not due to poor standard of care. A lot of medical tourism is people travelling abroad for cosmetic surgery which is cheaper than here in the UK and not covered by the NHS. The same thing happens in the US all the time. The article above refers to long wait times for surgery post-COVID which is an issue, just as it has been in the US.
I have read many stories about Americans having to travel to Canada to buy insulin for a fraction of the price just to stay alive because it is so astronomically priced in the US. I’ve seen people who don’t live close enough to the border being told to ask their doctor for free insulin samples, or buy cheap less advanced insulin from Walmart because it’s all they can afford. It’s definitely something we take for granted here where if you’re diagnosed with diabetes, you have free insulin for life.
I didn’t realise that optical, dental and mental health services weren’t provided by the state in Canada - it’s really interesting to learn about how our systems differ. In England mental health services are free at point of use, and though optical and dental are payable for most working age adults, they are heavily subsidised by the government.Or maybe we can determine that since laser eye surgery is an elective and FOR FEE/PROFIT $$ procedure in both countries, marketing to Americans near the border is smart business on the part of the facility you went to? And given that the quality of care would likely be excellent, a thrifty American would be inclined to have the procedure done at what currently amounts to about a 30% discount, if priced in Canadian dollars?
Vision care, dental work, mental health services, dermatology/cosmetic medicine, sports medicine and some limited orthopedic medicine are among the few things that are legally allowed to be provided at private, for-profit facilities in Canada. Most of this is NOT covered under our provincial health systems. They can and must be "purchased" with either cash or covered by supplemental insurance (which is also purchased either by the individual or their employer). One is free to buy these services either here or abroad, which is why tens-of-thousands of Canadians travel to wherever they deem the services to be the highest quality, and most timely and economical. Heck, I've had extensive dental stuff done in Mexico (it's pennies on the dollar to what it costs here) and it was arranged through a brokerage firm in Winnipeg called Dental Departures. They handled everything, including the transportation and hotel. I'd give their services a high recommendation.
All I said was I don’t think government should supplemented maternity leave. I have no idea where you live or how it works in your country. How much do you pay a month for your insurance?
What are you talking about it? Unrest spearheaded by Russia? You go way to easy on the UK and the US involvement .I do worry about the WWIII prospect, what with the unrest spearheaded by Russia
Healthcare is run at a provincial level in Canada so services can vary.
