Quote:Yeah, see, ECS, actual reality and statistics are in disagreement with you here. Either that or simply nobody in the world has ever regulated companies enough to produce the magical efficiency you predict, unless you define efficiency as "outrageous profits to pharmaceutical companies".
Should people be turned away from the hospital when they seek care? No, obviously not, especially if they are in need of life-saving attention. But history has proven that government-operated systems are, quite simply, far less efficient than private insurance companies which have to compete with each other. They require a certain degree of regulation to prevent abuse but a taxpayer-fraud-funded system has, quite simply, been proven to be so problematic as to drive people who can do so to leave the country for care.
Quote:I live here. You're a liar, or you're listening to liars. The fact is, our system has been underfunded and sabotaged for decades; it's still better than America's, we pay less for it in taxes than they do for theirs, and the vast majority of people with life-threatening conditions get prompt treatment.
Literally millions of people are stuck on waiting lists to get treated for life-threatening conditions.
And there's plenty of countries which have even better public health care than Canada's, because it's actually funded by the government rather than being consistantly undermined.
The US, meanwhile, is fighting with Cuba for 28th place.