I lived in Ontario for ~18 years. While national healthcare is fantastic (and the US should totally have it), Canadians are getting squeezed, and have been for the last 5-6 years.
When I lived in Ontario 20 years ago, Ontarians were getting squeezed and complaining then to.
There used to be something like 3 MRI machines across the entire province. The province containing 1/3 of the country's entire population. Wait times for screening procedures could be months. My exe's entire family drove down to New York to get their dental care, paying out of pocket, when it mattered. (UB's College of Dentistry became the 7th best dental school in the nation & 11th in the world largely on the back of this trade)
It's better now, but not better _than what can be bought_ in the United States. Does the US need to improve? Certainly.
There used to be something like 3 MRI machines across the entire province. The province containing 1/3 of the country's entire population. Wait times for screening procedures could be months. My exe's entire family drove down to New York to get their dental care, paying out of pocket, when it mattered. (UB's College of Dentistry became the 7th best dental school in the nation & 11th in the world largely on the back of this trade)
It's better now, but not better _than what can be bought_ in the United States. Does the US need to improve? Certainly.