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[shootingstar]

Biciclista: doesn't get better when one gets older. I will be honest, there was a time in life I might have considered a career in the U.S....but it wouldn't have never meant living permanently in the U.S. The health care system and its direct cost to citizens/residents is a big turn-off.

For the sake of many in the U.S. who cannot afford proper health care but need it alot, I hope the U.S. American health care system improves in terms of affordability and access when people need it at different times in life.

But change is glacial and the private health care insurer companies have their lockhold to survive.

Canada does have private health care companies but it's to purchase supplemental care and services if it's not covered by the government medical health care insurance or by an employer's benefit plan or private pension/retirement pkg.

I guess after being employed by public and private sectors where different employers provided different benefit pkgs., also different times in life where I've been unemployed (such as now) plus having siblings who are health care professionals themselves, I've learned certain things along the way.

And even well into my mid '30's, I took for granted our health care system.

So when I get good health care from a professional..I truly appreciate it on several different level now. (Of course, it helps to get free 2nd professional opinion from some siblings.)