Does Canada or Australia have government funded healthcare? or is it more like the USA's healthcare system?
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Australia has government funded healthcare called "Medicare".  You have to go to specific gov't hosptials or doctors to get treatment or your bills won't be covered (like a massive government HMO).  Private healtcare exists and is very reasonable with small deductables and huge coverage.  I pay $125 a month for myself, (young adult), and get full coverage on everything, plus emergency and dental.  Drugs I pay up to AU$30, then they pay for the rest.  I have no deductable for doctor/dental visits, as everything I've been to has been reimbursed.\n\nMost people here still would prefer to belong to private healthcare over public healthcare, as the waits are shorter and the benefits better.
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we have medicare \n(everybody does)but the controversy now is about \nfor those who need surgery , sooner than later for something like cancer, can face long wait times for the surgery (that is what i think is a problem). there is a move towards a'two -tiered' helathcare system, in which those who can and want to pay for it,  can do so, and get service when they want it.\nEvery province handles health care somewhat differently. you still need some insurance to be sure you are covered when you visit another province(like a state), but you can get healthcare in other provinces and get reinbursed for it ( i havent ever done it so not sure how it works).\n\ntho we don't pay for it directly, we pay via taxation. Sales tax and taxes in general. I think Quebec has the highest tax rate in....North America?! fourteen and a half percent sales tax, extra taxes on cigarettes....\nwe do have welfare and unemployment insurance also- but you can barely get by on "social assistance". However there are many training programs available for those on social assistance, and if they attend they get extra $.\nbut we aren't talking Harvard quality education here, but i suppose it's better than zilch.
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I am not sure what the other poster is getting at but both the Cuban and Canadian medical systems are inferior to the US quality of medicare.  Having had relatives who have died due to budget cuts in the Canadian system and I have visited Cuba and seen people begging in the streets to foreign tourists for money so they can get medication (Castro likes to cover that stuff up) I have found both awful.  The reality is that Canada and Cuba have more universal coverage than the US in general -but if you feel that way - just move to Massachusetts and you can get the Universal coverage and the best quality care in the world.  However, none of this answers your question, but let me give you a link to Russian medical schools - this one here should help you http://www.iime.org/database/europe/russia.htm  \n\nI would contact the schools directly because there isn't a set process for every school that is exactly the same (although in Russia the are pretty close - you should still contact each school individually).  I wish you the best of luck for you and your daughter!!!
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Canada \n\nThey have universal healthcare and a healthy nation is a successful one. \n\nI'd move there if it weren't so freaking cold.
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I think that the answer is socialized healthcare.  Too much money is wasted in the current American healthcare system.  Not only do we pay about twice as much as other western countries, but the quality of care is also inferior.
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Health care is handeld on a provicial basis.  In Ontario that is handled by The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario
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The company I work for has offices in Canada - 80% of Canadians working for us pay for US health care out of their own pockets and come to doctors in the US.  There is a 6-9 month waiting period for MRIs up there!!!  Including for those who are in accidents/have severe problems.   Socialized medicine has failed the middle and lower classes in every country it's in.
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Canadians know more about America than Americans know about Canada. This makes sense because America is a superpower, therefore U.S. culture is so ubiquitous. I'm an American and know a lot more about Canada than most Americans. The Canadian Prime Minister is Stephen Harper. Paul Martin came before him. Jean Chretien came before Martin. Canadians are generally more liberal. They allow gay marriage. They have very few restrictions on abortion. Attempting suicide is not illegal there. Canada is officially bilingual. The Queen of England is the head of state i believe. Everything is in metric. They have less violent crime. Canada has universal healthcare.
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Canada is larger and more more populous, with 33 million people in 4 million square miles.  Australia has only 21 million people in 3 million square miles.
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Although I can't speak specifically about Brisbane, private hospitals almost always pay more than government operated ones.  This applies to other institutions as well.
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I think we're potentially heading in that direction.  I don't believe the US will be totalitarian communist, but economic socialists like the French.  France is basically a Marxist nation in terms of its economic policy.  I already see the US trending in this direction.  When did healthcare become an entitlement?\n\nI suppose I'd probably move to Australia.
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In the US you can get superior medical treatment by paying more, and you don't have to wait for it.\n\nCanada's healthcare system is overall better because it covers everyone at acceptable levels.
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I'm certainly open to exploring the idea, especially the healthcare side of it. America has become close-minded and slow to evolve compared to Europe, Canada and Australia. If we think our form of government is the best there'll ever be and never strive for more ... well then, we'll just flounder and implode like every other empire.\n\nPeople hear the word "communism" and they think it's a religion or form of government. Noooo, it's an economic system, and if they'd actually READ something like Marx and Engel's "Communist Manifesto," they'd have a clue what said gentlemen had in mind. It may not have worked in practice, but there are IDEAS there of significant value, and we can't write them all off just because they're associated with something other than capitalism.\n\nMcCarthy is dead; move on.
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OH CANADA ALL THE WAY!  free health care, good education, wonderful wildlife, clean air, nice ppl a it's liked around the world.  its always top 5 in best education or best country to live.  i don't even know if the US makes it onto the lists. however there are some nice parts in the US but overall Canada is where its at.\n\nIn response to democracy, Canada's govt is way more fair and equal than the US.  look at the electoral voting system in the US.  and Canada doesn't have a senate.
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Australia and New Zealand have better wages for people in low income bracket then the USA. Also, they have free health care available and a very good assistance for jobless. People who lose their jobs there, don't have to live in bad neighborhoods or shelters for homeless. Instead they get a very decent assistance from the government to afford a decent place to stay and have something to eat until they find a job.\nIn the USA the economy is very powerful but it's not the best place in the world for folks with no money or who are in the lowest income bracket.
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Although I do not know if each individual country in West Africa (Africa is a continent not a country) has government paid health care I will generalize.....\n\nIt resembles the US in that the people who can pay to maintain good health or get medical attention get it and those who can't pay don't get any or get less quality care.
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canada is very differnent compared to the united states. one reason is that canadians pay higher taxes. but since they pay higher taxes there health care is payed for.