Three observations from someone with a lot of relatives in Canada:
1. A cousin of mine had a breast biopsy in May, didn't get the malignant results until the end of June, and couldn't start chemo until August. She didn't see anything to complain about.
2. My mother died of breast cancer after being told a large breast lump didn't “feel” malignant by a physician. She was part of the infamous Canadian Mammogram Study. Subsequently I received a questionnaire from the study administrators seeking further information. I gave them a piece of my mind and received two letters in reply from the head of the study. She claimed there was no proof that mammograms saved lives, and she didn't recommend their use.
3. My father died of ALS in Canada. He had to wait 8 months for an MRI. He was allowed to drown with fluid in his lungs that could easily have been removed, but wasn't because “they would have had to do it again anyway.”
Canada's medical care is great if you are young, whereas our youth population is totally screwed by Obamacare. However, if you are older and have an illness, you are much better off in the US. Check out the cancer survival rate comparison between our two countries.
Canadians, for the most part, however, don't really seem to think that they deserve better. They are much less likely to request timely care, and will quietly wait their turn, as they are too polite to demand anything else.