The article states:
“In Canada, they have what amounts to Medicare for All. You may have to wait months to get a C.T. scan or years to get a knee replacement. It is illegal to bypass the system by paying a private doctor. People with serious medical problems routinely go to the United States to get medical care, paying from their own pockets.”
Someone familiar with the Canadian system educate me please — I thought PRIVATE DOCTORS are now allowed.
Boy government health care for all sounds like a death sentence for some.
Cancer loves being told to wait 2 to 4 months for an appointment.
Sometimes that’s all the time it needs.
Medicare costs money. I think the Canada plan is free.
The doctors are mostly private, do not work for the government per se. HOWEVER it is illegal to PAY a doctor outside of the Canadian “Medicare” system.
I was told by someone who lives here in the USA who conferred with a Canadian friend about the healthcare there. He reported to me that Canada had an excellent system, but that doesn’t seem to gibe with what I’m reading here.