AlvinofDiaspar
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Preventing fraud for transit might be worth it - after all, we wouldn't want the homeless riding the TTC for free.
But for healthcare? If someone is desperate enough to be cheating to get free healthcare, then what's the big deal? In many, if not most G8 countries, even tourists get free healthcare.
If someone has moved from Boston 4 months ago, and doesn't meet the 6 months required for free healthcare - who really cares.
Yes, using smartcards is about preventing the homeless to ride it for free, and cheating the health system through what is basically ID theft is about someone moving here from Boston 4 months ago (legally, I presume?) - can you get more disingenuous than that?
which G8 countries give tourists free healthcare....certainly not the two I have travelled to frequently ...and we don't either so that is 3 of the 8 accounted for.....need all the other 5 to be yes to get to "most"
It's certainly not free - there are often intergovernment agreements for covering emergency treatments on a quid pro quo basis, but that really isn't "free" in any sense of the word.
eg. http://www.humanservices.gov.au/customer/services/medicare/reciprocal-health-care-agreements
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