Julia Bryan
CZ Vice Chair
LATEST BY Julia Bryan
Great maternity support in the UK #DAresists #Medicare4all
I have had great care on the NHS during two complicated pregnancies. I would also have had great care in America -- if I could afford it. My treatment would ...
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Great eye care support in Canada! #DAresists #Medicare4all
I support universal healthcare because I would be blind without my retinal detachment surgery or beyond broke paying for the surgery and follow up visits for my eye. In Canada, ...
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Things work GREAT in the UK #DAresists #Medicare4all
Less stress on Health, big benefits for society #DAresists #Medicare4all I moved to the UK over a decade ago to study music and stayed on, eventually marrying a Brit. Working ...
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Great ongoing treatment for chronic condition in Germany! #DAresists #Medicare4all
I have ulcerative colitis, a chronic autoimmune disease that affects my colon. Since moving to Germany, I have had several flare-ups, including a few that have landed me in the ...
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Overarching experience in Canada #DAresists #Medicare4all
I am a US citizen living in Canada. Here in Canada, everyone has excellent universal health care. Taxes here are no higher than in the US. When you need to ...
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A 35 year perspective from Canada! #DAresists #Medicare4all
I am a US citizen living in Canada for about 35 years. For the most part, the health care system here works well. We receive universal health care and can ...
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Mother of 2 speaks out from Ireland #DAresists #Medicare4all
When I was in my 20’s I almost died because we didn’t have health insurance and left going to the doctor to long. I ended up in the emergency room ...
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Singing 30 years of praises from Canada! #DAresists #Medicare4all
I can't sing the praises of universal health care enough. When I immigrated to Canada I was pregnant. I went from paying for each prenatal visit and not knowing how ...
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$7.00 for tonsillectomy in Canada (mid 70s!) #DAresists #Medicare4all
To Whom It May Concern in the USA— From my youngest daughter’s $7.00 tonsillectomy in the mid-70s to my recent hospital overnight sleep apnea test (“free”—covered by my taxes and ...
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A lifetime of perspective from Canada #DAresists #Medicare4all
I have lived in Canada virtually my whole life. I have been privileged to have had access to the Canadian universal health system. It is true for elective assistance, one ...
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Overall satisfaction in Canada #DAresists #Medicare4all
I live in Canada which has a single payer universal healthcare system. While it has its problems with regard to aging infrastructure, wait times for some elective surgery and doctor ...
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Lifesaving cancer treatment in Canada #DAresists #Medicare4all
My husband, Leonard Kosiec, was diagnosed with esophagus cancer in October of 2011. He was admitted to the Foot Hills hospital in Calgary in December, 2011 and had his esophagus ...
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Great coverage for a pre-existing condition in Canada! #DAresists #Medicare4all
Hi, there. I just thought I would offer my experience using the Universal Healthcare system in Canada. At about the time I moved to Canada, I was diagnosed with Mixed ...
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Cancer coverage in Switzerland #DAresists #Medicare4all
Cancer sucks, but cancer in Switzerland does not bankrupt you and dies not require a masters degree in Bureaucracy and Insurance Codes to get BETTER treatment than in the US. ...
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Simply happy to have coverage in Canada! #DAresists #Medicare4all
When I got my residency in Canada I was told I was covered by their healthcare system which is single payer, universal care. To my surprise I felt liberated and ...
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A helpful roundup from Costa Rica #DAresists #Medicare4all
Regarding Costa Rica's public health care system, I have belonged to the CAJA for 19 years. The cost based on income is affordable. I pay on a voluntary basis. I ...
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$30,000 in U.S. vice 10 Euros in Germany -- and the 10 Euros goes further! #DAresists #Medicare4all
While I was in college Ohio, I had a severe staph infection and had to be hospitalizd for nearly a month. When I returned home, I still needed outpatient care ...
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An holistic, comparative perspective from Canada #DAresists #Medicare4all
As a Canadian born US citizen who has spent time living and working in Europe I can comment from experience on life under four different systems -- one universal single ...
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More than 20 years of satisfying coverage in Canada! #DAresists #Medicare4all
I have lived in the UK since 1995. I’ve had 2 children here. They’re both fully vaccinated. My husband and daughter have both had emergency appendectomies. Both children have had ...
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Emergency lifesaving treatment as a student in Canada #DAresists #Medicare4all
When I was 18 during my freshman year at UofT, I started to have really strong, constant stomach pain and vomiting. It was really frightening, and for two days the ...
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