There are no premiums, co-pays or deductibles for a broad menu of care that includes doctor visits, emergency care, hospital stays, surgical care, and maternal and newborn services. And Canada is facing some of the same financial pressures bedeviling the United States — especially the snowballing costs of caring for an aging population. A government panel in Alberta concluded this year that the province’s health system is a top contributor to its unsustainable spending. ADDespite that experience, Morris Archibald said he would never trade his Canadian health care for U.S. health insurance. 'Every patient is a paying patient'Canada’s experience also defies the notion that a single-payer system would disrupt America’s already shaky rural health system.

Source: Washington Post November 19, 2019 12:31 UTC