“I’m a survivor of the Canadian medical system.” Reagan Johnson was a 20-year-old construction worker when a back injury derailed his life. After years of “jumping through government hoops” and undergoing temporary surgeries that left him in chronic pain, BC’s health care system gave him a final answer: prepare for a wheelchair and a life on methadone. This mini-documentary follows Reagan’s journey from desperation to a $63,000 life-saving surgery in Germany. Inside this mini-documentary: The Failure of Temporary Fixes: How two government-funded disectomies in Canada only masked Reagan’s problem, eventually leading to bone-on-bone agony and a loss of feeling in his legs. The Methadone “Solution”: Why the Canadian system offered Reagan heavy narcotics and a wheelchair instead of the advanced surgical options available globally. Searching for Hope: Reagan’s “deep dive of desperation” online, which led him past options in Mexico and India to a specialized clinic in Germany. The German…​Read More