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Actually, what they have done is destroyed capital investment in Canadian medicine because governments always, always, always set prices to certain kinds of producers way too low. The country's radiologists estimate that virtually all of the diagnostic imaging devices are in need of upgrade. Some are so old that they don't turn them off. There is a huge doctor shortage. Physicians are on a budget. They see patients until their budget is exhausted and then take a long vacation. If, that is, they haven't moved to the U.S. where they still can practice something that resembles medicine.

The people who support this kind of thing are emeshed in a utopian vision of equality. When it doesn't work out in practice, they will trash quality in order to make sure that everyone is equal.

And, make no mistake, they are busy doing that in the U.S., too.

If, that is, they haven't moved to the U.S. where they still can
practice something that resembles medicine.

I'm not in the medical field.
But it seemed that during my stay in Southern California
(1995-2005), about every fourth doctor I met was...from Canada.

The country's radiologists estimate that virtually all of the diagnostic
imaging devices are in need of upgrade.

IIRC, maybe 10 years ago an investigative news report showed that
there were more CAT scanners in Orange County (California)
than in all of Canada.

Of course access to most of the Orange County scanner costs money
or good health insurance.
But illegals get the service for free at major research universities.
(according to a friend at USC medical school)