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I live in Canada and I am here to tell you that our system does not work al that well. I bet that my overall tax burden is much higher than yours. I wrecked my ACL a few years ago while out elk hunting. The doctor told me that he just went in and cleaned things up and did not repair the ligament. I was in no way consulted about this. I would gladly have paid more money in order to get that ligament repaired. The problem was that I was over a certain age and that the policy wasthat once you got over a certain age they did not repair the ligament. This knee occasionallly causes me some problems (more frequently as more time passes). I would have loved to have been consulted about this decision. This is socialized medicine at its' best.
On the other hand I have heard stories of people coming out of the hospital in the US and being greeted by the sherriff and going to jail because they could not pay their bill. Are these stories true? It would be better up here if the health care system was run more like a business. The cost to the taxpayer is way higher than it should be because there is no one monitoring where and how the money is spent.
There are pros and cons to each system. I'm not sure that there is a perfect system.
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