> 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. Th

> 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.