[SIRTRIS]

I use to live in Canada.

My long time private doctor was driven out of his practice because the government reduced his funding & associated fees (overhead) to run the practice. Walk-in clinics are now the new private doctors with long wait lines.

Procedures codes(payouts) approved by the “managed health care” panel. Canadians fought against any two-tier medical service, kinda like an opt-out thing with fees. Specialist are differently run with more flexibility.

Biggest issue still remaining are long wait lines. Those with money go to the US for fast and efficient service.

[Sam Gamgee]

Finding a family doctor in many regions is now impossible. Supporters of the status quo drag out the fear “we don't want a US style for profit health care”.

[oh8eleven]

Biggest issue still remaining are long wait lines.
My son's brother-in-law is an MD (in the US) and did a year's fellowship in Vancouver, BC.
He said that while the system over all may be worse than the US, the worst part is the waiting and waiting and ...
Probably not a lot different than the American VA system.