Allison Hunt (gets a new hip)

This TEDtalk was interesting because Allison Hunt, who is from Canada, was commenting on the democratic government that the United States has and how she felt hindered by the government in Canada. Everyone is always debating wether free universal health care would be be better, but after listening to what Hunt had to go through in order to receive necessary treatment may change peoples minds. With free health care, she was able to get MRI's and scans and see as many doctors as she needed, with the flip side of having to wait long periods of time. She had to wait ten months to see a specialized doctor, and once it was determined that she needed a new hip, she had to wait eighteen more months. That is an extremely long amount of time to wait for a new hip when you are in a lot of pain. Because of this, she realized she had to get around the system, and get in front of the line that she was forced to wait on, even though she was clearly in a lot of pain. So, she may have gotten free health care, but what she had to sacrifice in return was her time and pain, which are two things much more valuable than money to me. Even though she eventually got the hip replacement, she still made note of how the pain she had to endure for that amount of time did not seem worth it just to save some money.