Poll of the Day > Liberal Family says FAREWELL USA and Hello to CANADA after child gets DIABETES!

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Amanda Resburg from Janesville, Wisconsin has always admired Atlantic, Canada fromafar and dreamed of living in Nova Scotia's coastal views from herhome..and even planned on going on a trip there for her 40th this spring.

But a year ago when her 9 y/o daughter, Molly was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes, she and her family now have high hopes of LEAVING AMERICA for Canada in search of affordable insulin and better insurance coverage!!

She said "It was always kind of in the back of my mind. We have friends that live in Canada and i've always had an interest in the Atlantic provinces. But once our daughter was diagnosed, we saw firsthand the problems she's going to run into when she reaches adulthood"

Her daughter has to take 6-10 needles a DAY of both long and short acting insulinn and is on continuous glucose monitoring system that checks her blood sguars 24 hours a day and must be changed every 10 days.

So far, they've been lucky as her husband's job allows them to have "decent medical coverage" but given how closely insurance is tied to employment in the United States, they wonder what would happen if he lost his job or when her daughter grows up and is no longer insured with her husband's employer and would have to find decent insurance to cover her needs and has to do this for the rest of her life

2 months ago, the family retained a lawyer and submitted immigration papers thorugh Canada's Self Employed Persons Program

She runs her own business as a wedding photographer for 12 years and through the self employment stream takes roughly 22 month, she expects delays from COVID-19 and it could take longer

She said in Canada, they want to be sure that you have ap lan to contribute to the Canadian economy so they had to prove they had the funds and knew what they were going to do and where to go when they got there

But she said the paperwork is worth it to know that if they are successful, her daughter's insulin will be covered and her family wwill not be subject to the whims of insurance companies

A few months her ago, her husband got a notice that their daughter's insulin will be changed and have no say whatsoever as they decide what they will allow them to u se..

This was problematic since her daughter has Turnder syndrome and they had no choice but to switch and now the company is going to cover 75 dollars less

They have been open with their daughters who are 12, 9 and 4 about the move to Canada and she hopes that moving up north for them will give them more opportunities as adults and less tied to employment based coverage

Amanda says "I don't want to tell my kids,go find a good job. I want to tell them to be able to do what they want and not have to worry about insurance to save your health"

They've never had to hop the border to buy insulin but understands why people have done it because it's medicine people need to live and if they can't have it, they will die.

Amanda says it's frustrating that Canadians have figured out how to make prescription drugs affordable but in America only money talks

Amanda was also a supporter of the Black Lives movement and took her family to a protest recently for the unjust treatment of black people by police and hates that nothing gets done

She was a stringent supporter of Bernie Sanders and though was disappointed he did not get the nomination, she will support Joe Biden..although the dream of having government funded healthcare in America isn't going to happen anytime soon, they decided to make the leave now and not wait before it's too late where they hope to make Canada their home in 2022..

Would you support paying higher taxes for government funded healthcare?

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yaknow the higher taxes is lower than your current insurance premiums... so, ...

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Lokarin posted...

yaknow the higher taxes is lower than your current insurance premiums... so, ...

Sounds shitty either way.
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how much sugar they give that kid

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deoxxys posted...

how much sugar they give that kid

As unintuitive as it sounds, sugar intake is not a contributing factor to diabetes - excluding where it causes weight gain which IS a factor

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Lokarin posted...

As unintuitive as it sounds, sugar intake is not a contributing factor to diabetes - excluding where it causes weight gain which IS a factor

either way, that is for type 2 diabetes not type 1

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Sahuagin posted...

either way, that is for type 2 diabetes not type 1

How didn't they notice before she was 9 is my question?
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Revelation34 posted...

How didn't they notice before she was 9 is my question?

reading about it, average age of diagnosis is 14, but can develop as late as 40 and in rare cases later than that

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age has no basis at all when determining what type of diabetes you have.

none.

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deoxxys posted...

how much sugar they give that kid

You're probably joking, but Type 1 DM is an autoimmune disease and has nothing to do with sugar intake and is less genetic related than DM2.

Yes, healthcare is basic rights. Fucking China has better healthcare coverage than USA.

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VeeVees posted...

Yes, healthcare is basic rights. Fucking China has better healthcare coverage than USA.

Uganda has better coverage than the USA

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How about they stop inflating the price of insulin all to hell and back because people will die without it?

Pretty sure that was their logic on the price. People will die without it, therefore it has value, therefore the price is supposedly justified.

Fucking sick. Insulin is actually apparently super cheap to make, and they could still be in the green pretty easily without gouging.

Lokarin posted...

yaknow the higher taxes is lower than your current insurance premiums... so, ...

Just objectively false.

There is actually no reason for insulin to be as expensive as it is. When they actually had to extract it from pigs it it was cheaper than it is now when they can just make genetically modified bacteria produce it at essentially no cost.

VeeVees posted...

Yes, healthcare is basic rights. Fucking China has better healthcare coverage than USA.

Lokarin posted...

Uganda has better coverage than the USA

Who the fuck needs healthcare when we can just shoot all the germs with our guns?


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USA is so third world.

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Blue Bomber 99 posted...

You're probably joking, but Type 1 DM is an autoimmune disease and has nothing to do with sugar intake and is less genetic related than DM2.

Oh no I was serious, but now I am informed.

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hakujo posted...

USA is so third world.

Lol.
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Revelation34 posted...

Lol.

Some areas are 4th world, due to clean water scarcity

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I didn't know insulin injections were covered by provincial plans. No other drug is that I know of.

https://www.olympiabenefits.com/blog/what-is-the-monthly-cost-of-insulin-in-canada

Nope, not covered. It might actually cost more in Canada. So their insurance will still be required to pay for the injections.

And a bonus, now it's a preexisting condition, so no coverage under a lot of plans.

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Just want to make it clear that I voted for the first option, but that was only because I didn't read the third option until my vote was already cast.

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SinisterSlay posted...

And a bonus, now it's a preexisting condition, so no coverage under a lot of plans.

Life is a preexisting condition, but you can get life insurance

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They will undertake a long grueling journey along the Canadian Trail. Many hazards and dangers await them as they travel to far off Canada.

Lokarin posted...

Life is a preexisting condition, but you can get life insurance

Only if you don't die before the exclusion period ends

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I live in SoCal. In general I am for higher taxes if said money will be used properly and for their intended purpose. The trust of knowing it will be used properly may not always be there but whether through being naive or hopeful I am willing to accept some mismanagement instead of potentially useful projects never seeing the light of day.

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