MadameRainbowPants
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Jul 4, 2019 3:37 AM
MadameRainbowPants
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NervAssEva
Just make it home with all your fingers please!
OliverClothesoff70
Where would America be without our favorite hat? Belated Happy Canada Day to you, @Op!
Scotti3mcb00gerballs
I wish all Canadians joined us if they live closer to the border we party hard and this is probably the nicest you will see us except xmas
Copperbrat
That’s nothing. Just wait til you get your bill.
GeneralSturgeonWarning
"Hey the pie and shirt is nice and all but I may need a little help with them."
iamlamp2
Wow that was unexpected
MisterLemons
"Free"
NervAssEva
We all bleed red white and blue down here!!! It’s cause we can’t afford the doctor visit to figure why :(
Screwdizzle
What type of pie?
SnowMongoose
Y'all are acting like Canadians coming to the states for medical care is a new thing.
caroline829
@OP how are your hands now?
MadameRainbowPants
Sore and swollen. Usual for post treatment.
moonkin
I can't tell if this is good or not but I hope the pipe was tasty
krashman55
Happy belated Canada day!!! (From your southern neighbor)
PerpetualStateOfDeath
I hope you enjoy your year with us.
catsandcoke
Wait til you get a bill for that shirt and pie. Lol
DidItForScience
So, what exactly was going on with your hands? Did you pet the urban wildlife?
TheProfessionalMike
The upside is you get to see a doctor in a reasonable amount of time when you pay for it
usernameavailabletoday
But it costed you 6000$, reimbursed by Canada on return... Happy 4th whatever!
fredbloxx
but do your hands still hurt?
DigiT00l
I still support Canada month, or nationality month, as France day is in 10 days
nate808hawaii
Weird... all I ever get is a $2.34 million bill with a payment plan of $35 thousand per month so I can pay it off in 67 months...
Innoculo
My advice, don’t pay it.
DiabolicalCats
Physio the rapist is the best.
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xXCALI559Xx
basting that turkey??
TheDreaded1
They're giving away pie?!
krbauer9000
Submit your receipt to Medicare . Prob nothing will come of it, but hey, you never know. I seen govt do some funny shit. Nothing to lose.
MadameRainbowPants
Physio is NOT covered in Canada. Just hospital and doctor.
Richter12x2
They're so happy they have a patient whose insurance will actually pay
MadameRainbowPants
No insurance. Just paid upfront.
MysteryRobot
Did you buy extra Canada coverage for your US visit? I’ve heard that’s a thing.
MadameRainbowPants
I have travel insurance but this was a planned visit and a pre-existing condition.
MysteryRobot
Canada doesn’t cover pre-existing conditions?!
MadameRainbowPants
My travel insurance doesn’t.
gravitybobo
Your regular benefits may still work.. submit the receipt to your benefits if u have some.
MadameRainbowPants
I have no more. I maxed it out.
nosilazurc11
That is a thing. $100 a month, no deductible, 1 million in coverage
Innoculo
Or just don’t pay like the Mexicans! Lol
bannedforajoke
Which state you celebrating in @op?
MadameRainbowPants
Oklahoma
bannedforajoke
Have fun
throughthoughtthough
Yea, suck it Canada with your "free healthcare".
Exoticz
Even "free" healthcare isn't free. You just pay for it in a different way. And "free" healthcare happens to be give the worse service.
partypizza
lol...If you call having 40% of your paycheck taken from you plus paying another 13% tax on every dollar you spend "free" come join us.
AlcoholicsAnonymousBYO
lol .. if you call burning through your all your low-tax savings after one medical misadventure "free", stay where you are.
Innoculo
There is out of pocket max/year. Mine is $3,000
MadameRainbowPants
We pay for physio at home too.
DerpKugel
In Denmark it's free, shrink too, if you go through your doctor. Dentists on the other hand we pay ourselves.. Do you guys pay for those?
throughthoughtthough
Shh shh, the liberals tell us it's free up there.
MadameRainbowPants
No they tell doctors are free, hospitals are free cause they are. Not dentists or eyeball guys or ambulances...
NunyaCosmosDog
O_o ambulances aren't free in Canada?
MadameRainbowPants
Where I live they are 500-600 bucks. Depends on the province though.
paulbloface
Healthcare here is provincially administrated. Most places it's under $150. But TIL a couple are $300+ and even I was surprised.
ZennGuy
But how much did they charge you for the t-shirt and slice of pie?
noptic
GodsFoot
Everything - thanos
pollywog73
about tree fiddy
DerangedMagpie
We pay for physiotherapy in Canada. It's not covered by medical and a lot of them don't know what they're doing.
leroy666
Gotta stop goin to those neon lit massage parlours.
partypizza
I'd rather be charged than wait 4 months and get 3rd rate service from an overworked and uninterested doc. ps. I'm Canadian
beezzarro
Funny, I'd rather wait around a while and save, well... My savings. But you sound snobbish enough to be rich so it's a different perspective
Himser
Im canadian and while wait times are an issue, reasonable people expect triage to happen and the most serious to get delt with first.
MerttheSquirt
Even when urgent you get delayed. My urgent surgery was 8mths wait. Anaphalaxic reaction = pass our in waiting room cause no bed or doctor
Huor
If you think that couldn't happen in the US, you're dreaming.
MerttheSquirt
I'm in Canada.. and it did happen to me..
leroy666
And a tory. “Bring back the 18th century”.
humptysorthopedic
Insurance makes doctors into overworked uninterested gatekeepers. Some who KNOW what u need can't treat u cuz insurance commands
Innoculo
I’ve never felt that way at my doctors. You clearly go to bad ones if that is the case.
Skylendor
Ahhhh, the joys of personal affluence at the expense of those around you. Truly the Canadian way of life.
Shoutrr
yeah, the "it's better elsewhere" up until the point you go bankrupt
meauho
US medical isn't really bankrupting us...
Innoculo
I get $15,000/mo at no cost on the US horrible system. Not bankrupt and not paying 40% tax I would in Canada either.
Shoutrr
that's the problem, not that you get a "nice" insurance, but the fact that because you got yours, everybody else can go fuck themselves
YouSufferWithCognitiveDissonance
Best time to go to urgent care in Canada is June 30th, before Canada Day. Was in & out in less than 1 hour.
MadameRainbowPants
Yeah last year i went to emerge at 1am in late august. Had bloodwork, ultrasound and saw 2docs within half an hour of walking in! Weird.
Dizzy385
A little less than an hour is a short wait ?
meauho
My last ER visit was 45 minutes at a suburban ER center. One before that at Houston Hospital was 6 hours before being seen.
YouSufferWithCognitiveDissonance
29% reported waiting 4+ hours https://torontosun.com/2017/02/16/canada-has-worst-erreferral-wait-times-in-11-developed-countries-report/wcm
MadameRainbowPants
Only 29%. Also lots of people clog up the system by going to emerge with a cough or sprained ankle. They are the ones that wait for hours.
MadameRainbowPants
Well.. I paid $60 more than I would at home but in okc all physios have doctorates.
MiasmaCorrigan
Hey, welcome to OKC! You just missed storm season, but now we're entering "I want to shoot the sun" season.
thefreshestD
Did the Saturday noon sirens freak you out? It's my favorite prank to play for out of towners.
Radtastical
I live in okc!! Welcome to our home!
FifthONovember
Welcome to OKC! Hope you're enjoying it otherwise. Go to Automobile Alley and drink it off!
Kuhmeister
Wow. I was charged $300 just for a "new patient fee"
smileyvstheworld
Okc? Is visiting slang for being stationed at Tinker and hating life?
JayEnfield
You fool. You have eaten the food of the Yankee Queen, now she has claimed your soul and you can never return to the land of the north star.
Monkeyofdoom44
I really want to see a book based on this world you just created now...
whitter86
Welcome to okc where the weather is made up and the temperature is hot
awildcharmander
Sounds like you had a relatively good experience with US healthcare, that's a rare thing, don't let people pick it apart lol
Innoculo
Speak for yourself! I’ve gotten health care that in socialist countries takes years to even see a specialist.
Tobiramaf302
Are health Care is top notch you always get a good experience you just get fucked up the ass in billing after words
fuckingtnuc
They haven’t yet received the post treatment bills that come months later.
throughthoughtthough
Wait, physicians back home dont have doctorates?
CrepesForDinner
It is one of the most competitive programs to get in to. I'll give them some credit. Usually get in after some undergrad.
MadameRainbowPants
Physiotherapists aren’t physicians back home. They have a 5yr B.physiotherapy I think.
meauho
You're lucky you got to see a MD and not a PA or RN. I haven't seen an MD at an appt since 2014 (my last surgery)
Pryotra
Wait, do they not have doctorates in Canada? IS THAT NORMAL FOR ALL CANADIAN HEALTHCARE?
MadameRainbowPants
Physiotherapists ARE NOT DOCTORS. Lol
Pryotra
Apparantly in the US they are lol.
MadameRainbowPants
Yes in some states. Apparently it’s a doctorate in physiotherapy.
YourDepression
Okc ok? If you want to meet a lurker imgur ur in my city ♂️
Radtastical
Nw 23rd and council. ;)
MadameRainbowPants
Are you going to the Pearson pool party tonight?
YourDepression
Pearson pool? Like the one in Gainesville Texas?
VInTheSkyWithElephants
Ill be driving through and staying the night there next week!
MrTorqueFlexington
Same
thrillhousegaming
Okc représente!
Sugarcrotch
where is okc? im not familar with that abbrevation
NickRivieraMD
OK Cupid
Puneta2017
Oklahoma city
Sugarcrotch
oh stupid me was thinking it was a country
slinkhi
So, you paid $60 for a t-shirt and a slice of pie.
Cruxador
Also speed, availability, and peace of mind. Canadian healthcare is great, but it's hard to get it if you're outside of Canada.
karikamiya1234
Our taxes don't cover physio
Rolsun
Interestingly enough it's also been worth over 60 fake internet points, so I'd say they've doubled up!
Whowhointhepoo
It was really good pie
MadameRainbowPants
Well they also did strength tests and laminated a paper of stretches for me lol
CMDRKrikos
That's some high quality treatment there boys. *Spits some tobacco juice in a perfectly place can with an American flag waving behind me*
AlkaLKittenDiver
Here is one on the house, if you want it laminated i do it for 25$ ?
GoALittleCrazy
As someone who recently broke their wrist, this triggered me.
myshitisbananas
I did this with one hand and had to come back to do the other hand because I felt uneven :P
kojenk
Nah. This is the one they laminated
SephWalker
After every game?
ChuckNorrisAteMySock
I can hear my finger joints cracking as I do these.
bright159
Wow... I just tried this. Felt nice.
TheRabidOcelot
This is actually really solid advice, it's improved my gameplay in league of legends quite a bit
RoflVodka
What else you got that I could steal?
thewalkinged
Get some splints too. Did wonders for my carpal tunnel syndrome.
archie9394
Splinting might be the wrong thing to do if its not carpal tunnel syndrome! In general, it's best to keep moving it all normally.
archie9394
Carpal tunnel syndrome is a bit of an exception to the rule because it's caused by nerve compression due to inflammation and isn't muscular.
wompwompwomp
Very true, but a brace can help during rest though b/c it immobilizes and provides compression. I wear it occasionally at night for that
archie9394
Yes it can! The danger is when people wear it continually - I've seen patients harm themselves by doing this. If you don't use the limb...
archie9394
... it stops working! People who use braces long term can suffer from pain, weakness and loss of movement.
archie9394
I just get a bit nervous when I see them recommended without a proper caveat to only use them acutely or under medical advice.