[acidtoyman]

"... non-life-threatening illnesses like a broken arm can have waiting times measured in months ..."

It astounds me that people can hear stories such as this and actually believe them. No, of course people don't wait months to get their broken arm taken care of. I broke my foot and had it in a cast that night, and the only reason it took as long as that was because I didn't realize at first that I'd broken it.

[katastic]

My friend... lives in Canada... and his relative had to wait that long.

I'm not going to throw away his experience because it doesn't fit into someone's worldview.

Just because you had a good experience doesn't mean he can't have a bad one.

[acidtoyman]

I ... am Canadian ... and have never in my life heard anything so absurd. I'm not going to throw away a lifetime of experience because of some ridiculous and obviously false comment on the internet.

Use your head: a society that couldn't deal with broken bones without months-long lineups would grind to a halt. How can you seriously believe something so ludicrous? Notice how many other Canadians are jumping in to tell you your statement is totally untrue.