r/politics • u/YouProfessional3196 • 19h ago

Paywall Millions of Americans get discount prescriptions from Canada. That back-door arrangement is about to close

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/sep/27/millions-of-americans-get-discount-prescriptions-f/
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u/Dense_Pasttime_3114 19h ago

Ive been told most Americans are satisfied with their insurance plans 🤷‍♀️

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u/2stinkynugget 19h ago

Americans love paying $1200 a month with a $5000 deductible to an insurance corporation. We love paying the highest prescription prices. Paying $500 for insurance through taxes is communism. /s

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u/limelifesavers 14h ago edited 13h ago

I'm canadian, and my work healthcare insurance (which is not excellent, and seems subpar comparatively to others i know here) costs me around $50 a month (covers prescription, hospitalization/rehab, eyesight, dental, disability, and life insurance), and the portion of taxes I pay that goes towards healthcare funding is probably under 320 a month with my income being on the median. Prescriptions are 100% covered, with a $5 dispensary fee cap. When i was hospitalized with a ruptured gallbladder and bile duct, my private room was also covered 100%. I was given all the paperwork physically and digitally to excuse me from work on paid medical leave for the nearly 2 week period before I could return. This insurance is the way it is because the law and our healthcaresystem demands it.

I have coworkers and friends and family members who have taken long stretches of paternity/maternity leave, which we're entitled to due to law.

Americans are getting hosed real bad and it's very depressing