[Army Air Corps]

Last year in Canada, we spent an estimated $200.5-billion on health services. About 70 per cent of the total, $141-billon, was paid from public coffers and the other $59.5-billion with private insurance and out-of-pocket.

I didn't know that private health insurance was available in Canada.

[goodnesswins]

Yes...they figured out that “Free” didn’t work so well...and from what I understand have some kind of dual system.

[Para-Ord.45]

SCC decision that oddly , only applies to Quebec:

Chaoulli v. Quebec

Chaoulli v. Quebec (Attorney General) involved a patient who had to wait several months for hip replacement surgery. Together with his physician, Dr. Jacques Chaoulli, the two challenged the Quebec law that prohibited private health care insurance for publicly insured health services. They argued that these provisions offended rights guaranteed by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and its Quebec equivalent. Although the case was dismissed by both the trial court and the Quebec appeal court, the Supreme Court agreed to allow an appeal, which it heard on June 8, 2004.

On June 9, 2005, by a majority of 4-3, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that Quebec’s ban on private insurance for publicly insured health care services violates the Quebec Charter of human rights and freedoms. Three of the same four judges also concluded that the ban violated the Canadian Charter, while three judges held that it did not, with the seventh judge not voicing an opinion on the matter. As a result, while the Court ruled that there was a violation of the Quebec Charter, it did not rule that there was a violation of the Canadian Charter

http://www.canadiandoctorsformedicare.ca/the-chaoulli-decision.html