GORDON: Ladies and gentlemen, we appreciate your patience. Your doctor should be with you in flipping never, because you have privatized healthcare and as such, can only afford the most basic treatment.
KAT: Today, in case you hadn’t guessed, we will be discussing Health Care. I suggested this discussion for today because Stewart asked us to discuss it after I posted this video on our Facebook group.
And since Gordon is from the States and I am from Canada, I thought it would be a good opportunity to compare our personal experiences.
GORDON: Now the fact I’ve been fortunate enough to have avoided needing anything much in the way of healthcare is probably a miracle, considering my lifestyle. Having grown up in the 3rd world, what medical issues I did have were largely taken care of at a comparatively low-cost and high-quality.
KAT: Right. I guess you didn’t really spend most of your life in the States.
What kind of medical issues did you have to deal with? If you don’t mind me asking. And what would those treatments have cost if you had them in the states?
GORDON: My braces would probably be the biggest cost I had to deal with, and having had those when I was a kid, I’m not exactly sure of the exact price. My understanding, however, was that the initial process back in Syria was approximately 2, 000 bucks, as compared to upwards of 4, 000 in the US.
KAT: Right. Unfortunately dental isn’t covered by our health care here in Canada either, which is unfortunate because I have terrible teeth. I just finished shelling out a couple hundred dollars to get a few fillings, and that was with my student discount.
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