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You still need to actively persue the healthcare even if your country pays for it.

I will say the barriers are definitely lower though when i compare my home country Australia to my adopted country the USA. Sure you need to actively pursue healthcare in Australia but the barriers are just so much lower.

A great example is http://www.cancerscreening.gov.au/internet/screening/publish... You fill in the details and you're mailed a reply post paid bowel cancer screening kit.

Oh and more relevant, the portal for mental health care. https://headtohealth.gov.au/

I suspect the US government won't have anything quite like this since the healthcare is not centralized.

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