> You're not supposed to be able to get private healthcare in Canada […] Sure you are. There is no government monopoly on health care in Canada: if you want to

> You're not supposed to be able to get private healthcare in Canada […] Sure you are. There is no government monopoly on health care in Canada: if you want to cut a cheque you can get private care. Nothing illegal about it. All (family) doctors in Canada are private businesses. It's just that most of them hook into the provincial payment system. Similarly for hospitals: they are not government run, just funded through government. If you wish to set up a private clinic and/or hospital and not take government funding, there is no legal impediment to do so. What is legislated is that if you take provincial funding you cannot also take private funds. It's either-or. > It's all hush-hush because those in power are the primary users of that parallel system. It's not hush-hush, it's just most of us plebes cannot afford fancy pants clinics.