Yes, unlike Kyle’s mom, I’m not blaming Canada.
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You should be able to. I think it is ideological: counter to US free market principles? Either that or many politicians are beholden to the pharmaceutical industry?
Both.
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Anecdote:
I found that the following was true for my two non-generic medications:
My copay (at least before I hit my annual stop-loss) is US$x.
I found that the no-insurance cost at the pharmacy across the street from a Canadian office I sometimes visit is C$x.
Because my health insurance is employer-provided, and ordinary expenses are self-funded, it occurred to me that if I could get those prescriptions filled while visiting the office, my employer would come out ahead . That would open the door to being able to justify more frequent trips up.
(I’d probably break even, depending on how far above the annual stop-loss I’d otherwise come in.)
Sadly, the pharmacy wouldn’t accept prescriptions from my American doctors.
I suppose that I could use something like canadianpharmacy.com if I wanted to save my employer money, but given the lack of economic incentive for me to do so, the risk of the unknowns associated with doing something like that, and the ease of doing business with my current pharmacy (Amazon)…
Florida’s loss = Canada’s gain.
May be a few more American academics looking at northern opportunities after Trump re-election?
I’ve looked at it before, but it doesn’t make sense for my wife and I, for fiscal and medical reasons.
Later this year, I’ll double check my math/logic. While Trump’s first term shenanigans was constrained by his ADD and incompetence, and career bureaucrats imposing reason and rule-of-law, I am increasingly concerned that for a second term, they might actually be prepared and competent.
Actuaries are FLOCKING to here I tell ya what.
I may or may not have ordered a monthly $300 prescription from India for something like $10.
Worked nicely when I was a recent college grad and the drug company jacked the after-insurance rate up from $30 to $300 with no warning (more specifically, they ended a discount program.) I didn’t want to factor an extra $3600 into my EL budget.
Not as much incentive for actuaries to move as academics.
University of Florida ranks 134th in the world in the 2024 Times University rankings: the University of Toronto is 21st. This Florida academic has moved to a higher quality institution as well as to a socially more progressive city.
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Shockingly the Canadian government isn’t keen to export drugs to Florida
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-health-minister-florida-pillage-drugs-1.7079641
He said it’s “inappropriate” for U.S. politicians to look to Canada to help fix their costly health-care system, where sky-high drug prices are the norm.
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" You cannot post the images yourself because you have to remember, in Canada, we have a presumption of innocence"
…of people who are literally taking what is not theirs right there on camera for you to see them in the act. 
This could be cross-listed in the “News that makes you say wtf” thread.
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On the face of it that does seem pretty absurd.
I think what’s happening is the police look bad because they’re not doing more to stop the thefts, so the police don’t want it well publicized so they’re saying that there could be civil liability. Nite none of the thieves have actually brought civil charges from what was in the article.
Put more briefly, cops are kind of dicks everywhere.
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How would you even sue? Wouldn’t you have to prove first that you did, in fact, steal the person’s packages?
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From the article:
You cannot post the images yourself because you have to remember, in Canada, we have a presumption of innocence and posting that picture could be a violation of private life," SQ communications officer Lt. Benoit Richard warned.
“If you get some proof that somebody might have stolen something, call the police, give that proof to the police,” he said. “We’ll do the investigation, bring that person to justice and file some charges.”
A) yes, you can actually post the video.
B) Do the investigation, bring the person to justice and file charges? Not a chance in hell.
My opinion is that Canadian cops are for the most part pretty decent folks. But what this guy is saying is just absurd and makes them look stupid.
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Canadians, can you film others in public or no?
In the US, anywhere that’s not presumed private can be filmed. If you keep your blinds wide open and change in front of the window where you can clearly be seen from the road, you can be recorded. If you are on somebody’s porch, you can be recorded.
It’s different if somebody is using a telescopic lens from 200 meters away to zoom in on the 1 inch your blinds are open. However, there’s generally no privacy if you’re in a public area, or another person’s private property.
That said it could open you up to libel if you incorrectly posted somebody and said they stole from you. If they did steal from you, there is nothing legally wrong with it.
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Mark Rober did a multi-year series on porch pirates and glitter bombs. Don’t think he is getting sued by the would-be thieves.
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Yeah, and in some cases they took the stolen packages inside their homes where they DO have an expectation of privacy. But maybe there is some sort of exception due to the fact that they were being filmed with materials that they had stolen. And they triggered the filming by opening the stolen package.