It's easy enough to compare the US system with the Canadian system because Canada is right next door and there is plenty of travel between the two. No system is perfect, and the Canadian system certainly has had its share of problems, but Canada's universal health care system is not the only one in the world. I know that my late parents' health care in UK went from being cheap to being free (not to mention that their dr. made house calls, and they got a non-means-tested allowance for a home help to come cook and clean for them), and an Australian businessman I talked to a while ago was horrified to hear how much we are paying for health insurance; in Australia it's a mere 2.5% surcharge on one's taxable income.
And in the US, even having health insurance doesn't guarantee that the insurance co. will pay. And what happens when an employer decides to switch health plans and "my" physician doesn't participate in the new plan, or the new plan doesn't cover my specific medications?
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