Most Canadian provinces have made it illegal for patients to pay out of their own pockets for medical services that are covered by the government run system.
It's illegal to buy your way to the head of the line for treatment.If you don't think that's fair, tell it to the guy you're trying to step in front of.
Perhaps most importantly, it would put uninsured Americans in charge of their own health care -- a claim neither Medicaid nor the Canadian system can make.
More bs. There is no law that says Canadians can't seek multiple opinions, refuse treatment or go elsewhere. Your Doctor may pick a specialist for you, but you pick your Doctor.
I keep hearing about treatment not being available or sub-standard in Canada yet I know people who have received prompt treatment and survived prostrate cancer, (my 76 year old Dad being one, diagnosed, treated and cured, first with hormones followed by 35 Rad treatments and a 4 month wait ,total time 7 months. ) breast cancer and bowel cancer, who have received replacement hips and knees, who have given birth , in two cases to babies who had problems and all are satisfied with their care. A 77 year old neighbour of mine booked his knee replacement surgery last week. For the last week in July. There is a long list of hospitals in Canada that specialize and are considered amongst the best in the world. The Ottawa Heart Institute is one. I believe there is another in Barrie Ontario that does hernias and some of the hospitals in Toronto are kidney and breast cancer and reconstruction specialists
One needs to remember health care is a billion dollar industry and the status quo will fight tooth and nail to avoid changing. Just imagine all those health insurance premiums no longer needed or being paid and what group would be real PO'd about that.
The Canadian system is not perfect, to claim otherwise would be a lie, but it does work and it's critics often as not, have never needed it.
Hello, Mr. guy ahead of me, I have this serious head injury from the car accident I was in and you've only got a slight cold which you caught from your mistress, would you mind letting me cut in front of you or could you go home and make the line shorter for the rest of us with more serious medical problems?
Why is there a line?