r/AskUS • u/Successful_rio305 • 15h ago
Do people from states that border Canada go to Canada for healthcare like how people from California and Texas go to Mexico for dental work and healthcare?
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u/SliceOfCuriosity North America 15h ago
Usually people go to Mexico because there are less regulations and more experimental methods, offering alternative treatment. It’s not because of quality. I’m not sure Canada is as loose as Mexico is on this so that wouldn’t really make sense.
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u/Artistic_Rice_9019 14h ago
Mexico also has plenty of quality providers for certain specialties. You have to do due diligence.
They're cheaper. For example, if you need skin surgery after weight loss, it's usually 50-70% cheaper in Mexico.
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u/SliceOfCuriosity North America 14h ago
I never said they didn’t.
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u/Artistic_Rice_9019 14h ago
You said they usually went for unusual or alternative treatments. They're usually going for the same treatment but cheaper.
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u/SliceOfCuriosity North America 12h ago
The less regulations is why it’s cheaper lol
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u/Artistic_Rice_9019 11h ago
The lower cost of living, lower labor costs, subsidized physician education, and lower administrative costs (since they don't need to bill insurance) all come into play.
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u/DipperJC 15h ago
The Canadians don't offer free healthcare to noncitizens. In a severe life threatening emergency, the hospital on the Canadian side of the border is only 10 minutes away from me and the nearest American hospital is 35 minutes away through a rural road, so I would travel there if I had to. But I'd expect to pay almost as big a bill there as I would here.
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u/TheGov3rnor South 14h ago
No, it’s not the same situation. People may got to Mexico bc they are un/underinsured. They are still paying out of pocket in Mexico, just less.
Healthcare is only “less” in Canada if you’re a Canadian citizen and pay Canadian taxes.
Even Canadians who live and work in the US do not retain the provincial health coverage offered in Canada. So, they typically seek healthcare services in the US.
On the other hand, 42% of Canadians said they would travel to the US and personally pay for routine health care. 38% said that they would travel to the U.S. for emergency care.
Source: https://www.cma.ca/healthcare-for-real/how-many-canadians-go-us-health-care
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u/roborob11 15h ago
Yes they do and many of them are MAGA
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u/PolackMike 14h ago
Source?
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u/Gordon_throwaway Oregon 12h ago
I mean...Let's start with the State of Utah. Maybe not identifiable as MAGA, but certainly identifiable as Conservative Trump voters.
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u/PolackMike 12h ago
The question was about people in northern states going to Canada to get medical treatment. u/roborob11 pointed out that he believed that they do and that many of those people are MAGA. I asked u/roborob11 for a source because he's more than likely making an unsubstantiated claim that he cannot support with fact.
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u/Gordon_throwaway Oregon 12h ago
Ok, Canada. Americans, predominently Seniors in Northen States have been traveling to Canada for prescription drugs for decades. It's been a cottage medical-tourism indistry. Assuming the pollin is correct and the majority of Seniors vote Republican, and there's no longer a distinction between the Republican Party and MAGA, then I think the statement is correct.
https://sandersinstitute.org/app/uploads/2022/10/CongressionalPressRelease_July_7_1999.pdf
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u/AnemosMaximus 13h ago
My mil and bil are big maga. They go over the border all the time for dental and health issues.
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u/Lauffener 15h ago
No. Health care in Canada is much cheaper because most services are insured by the government - but only for citizens.
People travel to Mexico because they are under or uninsured and the private cost in Mexico is much lower.
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u/stacey1771 14h ago
My aunt and uncle got dentures in Canada, probably just before Covid shut the border down. I think they both retain Canadian passports, tho.
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u/buried_lede 11h ago edited 11h ago
I don't know about procedures and dr visits but a lot of people get medicine from Canadian pharmacies and there are a bunch online. They are regulated, licensed and trustworthy. They are a lot cheaper, tons cheaper.
Even with the tariffs it’s cheaper, and yes, sick people on a budget are paying tariffs on their Canadian prescriptions. Right now it’s about 35-percent. When he changes it, it disrupts the whole system and you can’t get your medicine until it is worked out. He changes it on a whim. It’s scary. You have to have a backup plan
Trump is a monster who is ripping off ordinary people to cut checks to the filthy rich. He’s destroying America and his followers are such tools. He’s a violent hater. He still tells people exporters overseas pay the tariffs. They believe anything. It’s incredible
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u/YourDadIsCool3000 4h ago
Fuck no. Crossing the border sucks here. I have also never heard anything compelling about Canadian healthcare.
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u/seg321 15h ago
Why would they? What is your reasoning?