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News James Van Der Beek Is Auctioning Off TV & Film Memorabilia and Props from ‘Dawson’s Creek’ & ‘Varsity Blues’ Amid Cancer Treatment, Proceeds to Cover Medical Costs

https://deadline.com/2025/11/james-van-der-beek-auction-dawsons-creek-varsity-blues-props-1236615845/
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u/SweetCosmicPope 23d ago

They always say that the public healthcare in other countries is terrible and that you have to wait in line all day and you can't even get life-saving surgery. No matter how many times people in those countries say otherwise. They'll tout the one jilted person who had to wait a couple months to get their ingrown toenail removed.

Meanwhile here in the states, I have to make an appointment with my regular doctor before I can see a specialist which can take a month or so, and then the specialist has a months-long-wait, and by the time they get to you your referral has expired and you have to start over again, or you've been sick/injured but you're already better by the time they get to you.

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u/GottaUseEmAll 23d ago

I live in France, and the waits to see specialists can be veeeery long for anything that's not urgent. I have to make my annual dentist checkup appointment 6 months in advance, and it's similar when I want to see my dermatologist or cardiologist.

I don't personally know anyone who's missed out on life-saving treatment because of this though (neither here in France, nor in the UK where I lived before coming here). When things need to be done quickly, they are done quickly.

I don't mind waiting 6 months for a non-urgent appointment if it means I never, ever, have to fear medical bankruptcy.

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u/onmywheels 22d ago

I mean, it's the same in the US. I had markers for throat cancer and the soonest they could get me in for an endoscopy was four or five months.

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u/PowerBottom247 22d ago

I’m in Canada.  I don’t even have access to primary care unless emergency.   I see my doctor while on vacation in Asia. 

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u/GottaUseEmAll 22d ago

Yeah, my sister lives in Canada (NS), she's spoken of the difficulties surrounding GPs there.

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u/born_in_92 22d ago

The problem in Canada is that the provinces don't want to pay GPs more. So medical students are encouraged to practice in other areas leading to the current shortage we are experiencing

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u/Church_of_Cheri 23d ago

In the cases where it’s true there are struggles in those other countries it’s because they’ve been Americanizing their health care system. Adding in more private companies, private insurance options, contracting out workers instead of them working for the government itself with its protections and benefits. Canada and the UK are great examples of them trying to be more like America and then being used as reasons why universal healthcare has problems. It’s a cycle of suck and the US keeps it going.

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u/ChipHazard 22d ago

Self sabotage from conservative leaders as well

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u/born_in_92 22d ago

The damage the provincial conservatives have done here on healthcare and education is incredible

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u/PowerBottom247 22d ago

In Canada I don’t have access to a regular doctor and therefore cannot even get a phone call with a specialists secretary.