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The population of Canada is 36.2m, all entitled to health insurance.
38m Americans have no health cover whatsoever and a further 44m Americans have limited health cover.
Facts, not fiction and/or American propaganda.
Yes, I understand that. In our system, those who pay for health insurance pay higher fees and prices to subsidize those who don't. Medicare and Medicaid set low prices. Doctors and hospitals shift the difference to managed-care negotiated prices, and the rest to those who pay.
Your system is not free though I've known many a Canadian exclaim your healthcare is free. Balony, you pay for it in taxes.
And guess what, your healthcare costs, while lower than the US's, is rising at the same rate.
Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire. ― Gustav Mahler
Chris (06-15-2018)
All that said, there are some aspects of Canadian Healthcare that are, imo, admirable.
One is that it's not controlled by the federal government but by each province, which would amount to states down here). Thus each province can try different approaches, experiment.
Two, built into the system is feedback from consumers of health care to the province. Thus the people have a voice in what happens. There are consequences to decisions made by the provinces.
(Based on research admittedly a few years old. I knew a Canadian who'd toured European healthcare systems and helped design the Canadian system. So correct me if I'm wrong.)
Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire. ― Gustav Mahler
Adelaide (06-18-2018)