Badass Britt Dec 12, 2022

Anyone… and I mean ANYONE want to hire my #Canadian wife in the United States? We’ll go anywhere.

I need to get back home, and as quickly as possible.

A green card application for us could take 12-20 months. A work visa would be ideal. She is Master’s level educated, works in #Banking w/ #Tech and #ProjectManagement experience.

I am chronically ill and need help asap.

Boosts appreciated.

#jobs #hiring #immigration #UnitedStates

Show threadUlliDec 12, 2022
@britt uh... is the provision of medical care in the US better than in Canada? I would have thought just the opposite was true... good luck, best wishes. XOXO
Show threadBadass Britt Dec 12, 2022
@ulli yes, it’s significantly beyond broken and terrible here. I would need to write a novel to describe the neglect and full on refusal of services. I have had doctors and nurses say to my face the system is crumbling and patients like me will not get the care we need to survive. It’s wartime like medicine here, and the disabled are being offered MAiD instead of medical care.
Show threadNathanael NerodeDec 14, 2022

@britt @ulli

Warning: it's actually worse in large parts of the US. I am not kidding. Here, the doctors and nurses just infect you with Covid-19.

People were dying in the hallways BEFORE Covid-19, and average ER waiting times in my local hospital were 16+ hours.

(Wait times dropped when Covid arrived because people stopped going to the hospital at all.)

Cheapest out-of-pocket medical insurance here is $5K/year, so you need an employer who will pay for it all or you can't afford it.

Show threadUlliDec 16, 2022
@neroden @britt Yeah, that was my impression too from all I heard about the US health care system (which mostly stems from the ER series or books, never been there, nor do I want to... just don't want to be shot). Top-level health services if you can pay them, but basic or being left to your own devices if you happen to be poor.
Show threadNathanael Nerode

@ulli @britt

It's also geographical here. Even if you're rich, the rural hospitals have been left to rot, so if you have an emergency in a rural area and you can't get medevaced to a big city.... oh well, money won't do much good

Dec 16, 2022 at 3:33pmWeb