And this level of care is provided to everyone*, for a total cost-per-person that is less than what the US spends for care for many (but not everyone).
Our system is FAR from perfect. There have been recent scandals about overpaying the company that provides helicopter air ambulances to my province, and the online medical records system had huge cost overruns. But it seems to work. And ever since I visited the US in November 2011, I've been grateful that we have it:
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Our system is FAR from perfect. There have been recent scandals about overpaying the company that provides helicopter air ambulances to my province, and the online medical records system had huge cost overruns. But it seems to work. And ever since I visited the US in November 2011, I've been grateful that we have it:
http://resonant.livejournal.com/329899.html
*there is currently a huge scandal how we are not providing proper health care coverage to refugees and others who are not Canadian citizens yet.