Uninsured patient faces major hospital bills in Ontario after having legs amputated

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Uninsured patient faces major hospital bills in Ontario after having legs amputated - Lemmy.ca

way to go canada. slowly turning to the 'fuck humans' mentality of the united states. seems youre infected with the same conservative virus.

I hear the UK is also infected.

Undocumented visitor, so I’m assuming no visa. Was working illegally and not paying taxes.

Still received treatment instead of being deported. I feel that’s fair that he has to pay for the treatment.

“Was working illegally” as if they somehow forced an employer to pay them under the table instead of hiring a citizen. As if their income would even qualify for any significant tax revenue.

It takes two to tango, employers pay payroll and insurance tax as well.

But, I also agree. People who do not pay their fair share of taxes (even if that fair share is $0) should not benefit from the services those taxes enable.

Now you must agree billionaires and corporations should also stop receiving government subsidies because they are not paying their fair share, right?

Anything else and you would just be a hypocrite lying about why lesser classes should be treated worse; that would be terrible!

Now you must agree billionaires and corporations should also stop receiving government subsidies because they are not paying their fair share, right?

Nope. If they’re not paying their fair share, they get handcuffs.

Same thing goes for conservative regions that historically suck up funding while contributing none, right?

Nope. Humans get what they need. If the cons running a region say no, then they also get billboards.

Anything else and you would just be a hypocrite lying about why lesser classes should be treated worse; that would be terrible!

Every Canadian or landed new-comer needs equal healthcare access. Everyone pays as per their income (and we spend almost as much as we should spend putting the cheaters in cuffs) to fund the consolidated service that leverages its size for discounts (why don’t the cons love that?)

Anything else is un-Canadian.