Health Care

I work for a medical research company (again we test of volunteer humans, not animals). We have a lot of drug reps who come in from the states to help us out with studies. We had a lady come in a couple months ago from Jersey. She was awesome. Funny, friendly, and the accent... wow... think Marissa Tomei, My Cousin Vinny... Including hair and clothes.
So she's there - we talk about the differences between Canada and the States, and of course health care came up. She is (was) a strong believer that universal health care is the devil. Long waits for procedures, she shouldn't have to pay for someone else to be covered on and on. I tried to explain to her at the time that yes, there are waits to have procedures done. For example, if you hurt your knee and want an MRI - you are going to wait until the people with MS, or brain tumors get their scans first - as they are more important.
She has been led to believe that even the very sick have to wait for treatment on the universal health care plan. I can assure you, that those who need care immediately, get care immediately. If you have cancer - you will be in treatment the next day - no waiting... but again, if you hurt your knee - you'll have to wait.
So this lovely (she is really a super sweet lady) came back a couple days ago and told me her daughter was diagnosed with Lupus. Her insurance doesn't cover the treatment for Lupus. She has to fork out $450.00/week for the treatment. She was so upset and distressed. She has decided to put her in a study that she is uncomfortable with just to get free treatments. I feel so horrible for her and her daughter.
If the US would adopt the universal health care program her daughter would have free treatment, no waiting, and wouldn't have to be uncomfortable in a study just to get treatment. So sad.