> "free", but you often get what you pay for. You pay your taxes and you gets your health care. As opposed to the US where even if you pay your premiums you m

> "free", but you often get what you pay for. You pay your taxes and you gets your health care. As opposed to the US where even if you pay your premiums you may not get coverage if you go to the "wrong" (out of network) hospital, or the "wrong" (OON) doctor even if in the right hospital. Be sure to inform your ambulance driver of your in-network hospitals so you get taken to the "correct" hospital after a car crash. When my father had to get new heart valves the most that had to be paid was hospital parking. source: am canadian.