So is it better in Canada, or worse?
I remember hearing a few years back that Cleveland had more MRI machines than all of Canada. People would wait for months for an MRI.
Everything is rationed here: family doctors, specialists, mental health, diagnostics, surgery. Most Canadians can’t afford to go south of the border but the truly wealthy, many politicians, professional athletes, etc can escape the lengthy wait lines by going to the U.S. It can take years to obtain a family doctor if you move to a new city, which means hours waiting in an emergency room for a 5 minute diagnosis. The ORs never work past 4 pm or on the weekends because surgery time is rationed. Many surgeons would like to perform more operations but the government won’t fund the nurses and anesthesiologists after hours.