This is one my comment talking point. When people have to think about "can I afford this?" anytime they need to goto the doctor, then they'll only go when it's serious. But they are not qualified medical professionals to decide what needs medical attention or not. So they seek advice from other people, past experiences and Internet and we have this problem.

Honestly, it shouldn't cost that much to just goto a doctor's office and return. We don't need MD for everything, have other professional people there that are qualified enough to tell you when something doesn't need attention, or simple solutions. Maybe just cleaning a scrap, or giving you a brace for minor sprain, all those without having to see MD.

Great point. Hard to trust doctors when it’s $500 to not find anything over and over and over and over.

Agreeing about universal healthcare but adding sufficient PTO to go to the Dr.

Add to that the pleatora of fraudulent TV doctors

100 % this. Also maybe overall education quality as well?

Vaccines are often free here

Many of my fellow Canadians fell for that shit, and they have free access to doctors.

(Not all of them, because our healthcare system is weirdly understaffed, but many of them)

I agree with you 100%. When the prospect of a health emergency or chronic condition means bankruptcy, people can’t help but look for alternatives.

Under a capitalist system where anyone can sell ‘supplements’ and any other random ‘treatment’ under the radar long enough to make a quick buck, misinformation abounds and the desperate roll the dice.

Health care isn’t just that. It’s what keeps families together, it’s what keeps communities together, and it’s a tragic farce that too many of us see it as a privilege and not a right.