[Dan416]

We absolutely have two tier healthcare. The other tier that nobody talks about is access to foreign healthcare. There's a lot of focus on the US. But plenty of Canadians go to Asia for immediate treatment too. Talk to any Immigrant. At some point, somebody in their family, went to the old country to get something done. Either because of speed, or cost. My father, for example, got a ton of dental work done in India, while visiting relatives. Lot cheaper than Canada, even with the spousal dental coverage he got from my mom's work.

It's always been interesting to be that this aspect of two tier healthcare is almost never discussed in Canada.

I agree this is happening as well. My mom and my aunt like to get dental procedures done in Poland.

 

[yrt+viva=1system]

Dental costs in this country are absolute robbery. That’s all I’ll say. A lot of people also go to Turkey, Korea and especially Thailand for medical holidays.

On a side note, just saw this on the train today:

 

[kEiThZ]

Dental costs in this country are absolute robbery. That’s all I’ll say. A lot of people also go to Turkey, Korea and especially Thailand for medical holidays.

On a side note, just saw this on the train today:

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"But we don't have two tier healthcare in Canada! It's just outbound medical tourism."

 

[afransen]

Dental costs in this country are absolute robbery. That’s all I’ll say. A lot of people also go to Turkey, Korea and especially Thailand for medical holidays.

On a side note, just saw this on the train today:

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I'm kind of amazed that dental services cost so much in Canada. There seems to be plenty of dentists, so one would think supply and demand would moderate costs. Perhaps the surfeit of private insurance keeps cost high as consumers are not incentivized to shop around.

 

[Admiral Beez]

Perhaps the surfeit of private insurance keeps cost high as consumers are not incentivized to shop around.

That’s me. With my employer plan I never give any thoughts to dental costs. I don’t even know what my root canal or other work costs.

 

[lenaitch]

I'm kind of amazed that dental services cost so much in Canada. There seems to be plenty of dentists, so one would think supply and demand would moderate costs. Perhaps the surfeit of private insurance keeps cost high as consumers are not incentivized to shop around.

And it got smaller in 2020 when Canada Life, Great-West Life and London Life merged.