Health and Fitness Journal

When I was growing up in Canada I went to the doctor for a check-up every year. I never thought twice about it. At that time health care in Canada was provided free for all Canadian citizens by the Canadian government. But since I moved to the United States I’ve been looking into health savings accounts. I do a lot of lifting on my job and I’m getting older so I have to make sure I’m covered.

My friends in Canada have complained to me recently that things up there are changing in health care these days. I think in some parts of the country you have to pay a yearly fee for coverage now. My friend who lives in Calgary told me he just paid five hundred bucks to the provincial government to be covered for the year. It’s a whole new world since I was a kid.

The other consideration which comes up more frequently regarding Canadian versus now it seems is serious differences of quality. I haven’t yet reached a decision on this issue. Maybe it’s just a case of the grass always looking a little greener on the other side. Canadians I know are looking at getting surgery done in the US. American friends ask me about Canadian drugs.