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[–] Perhapsjustsniffit@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I had to travel 400 km one way (250 freedom units) to surgery and treatments and couldn't drive every day because I was all messed from the meds and radiation and stuff. That also would be 8hrs driving per day plus an hour of treatments which made me very sick. So... a hotel, meals, travel to see my family when not getting treatments (my youngest kids were 2.5 the oldest was 5), medications, ambulance trips, travel to see various doctors, parking, physical therapy costs there is a lot not covered by our healthcare system, then also home costs bills , rent, car payments, all the usual shit But no employment because I was paralyzed chest down for 8 months and hadn't worked for a year before that due to this illness.

Medical coverage in Canada means you won't get a bill from the hospital or your doctor. That's it. We buy all our own medications, pay for dentistry and vision care on a personal level. We pay for ambulances and specialty services not covered by the "system" sometimes even crazy priced specialty medications if not "approved" in our area. In fact in many cases we even pay out of pocket to have paperwork completed on our behalf for things like government programs aka "disability". Many jobs offer these benefits but being disabled I obviously do not qualify that way as I could not work and had just changed jobs when I fell ill, meaning I hadn't gained employer benefits at my new job yet.