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As a Canadian, my take on the debate between the Canadian vs. US health care systems is that the US system is better for the rich, whereas the Canadian system i

As a Canadian, my take on the debate between the Canadian vs. US health care systems is that the US system is better for the rich, whereas the Canadian system is better for everyone else. The US has world leading facilities, doctors and research, but that world-class capability is only really accessible for the top 5%-10% of society. The next 20% of folks get something that's roughly equivalent, if a little better, to what folks in say Canada, the UK, or other countries with public healthcare get. The problem is, the bottom 70% of society gets worse care, for more money, and suffers from substantially worse health outcomes, while living under the constant risk of crippling debt or personal bankruptcy due to medical issues. Personally I'd much rather a system that takes decent care of everyone than a system that takes really good care of the rich whilst everyone else suffers.

kashunstva 2y ago
> Personally I'd much rather a system that takes decent care of everyone than a system that takes really good care of the rich whilst everyone else suffers. This. I'm a retired U.S.-born physician and spent the majority of my career at a large multispecialty world-renowned medical centre in the U.S. What is not often talked about is that there is a category of patients whose access is even more facilitated than the 5-10% you mention. These are the 0.1% - the "Development" patients who are known or potential donors. Their care is carefully orchestrated with the highest of high touch. It's a moral abomination. The fawning, the obsequiousness. A decade ago, we left and are now Canadian citizens.