Monday, February 10, 2020

While Americans pine for 'Medicare for all,' Canadians look for US-style private insurance

See the source imageWhile Americans pine for 'Medicare for all,' Canadians look for US-style private insurance
"About 56% of people in the United States favor "Medicare for all," according to polling from the Kaiser Family Foundation out last week.
...That majority would be wise to take a look across our northern border.
Waits for care in Canada's government-run health insurance system...are spiraling.
The remedy for those waits, according to a new report from the Vancouver-based Fraser Institute?
A dose of U.S.-style private insurance.
Right now, Canada is the only high-income country with universal health coverage that bans its citizens from purchasing private insurance for anything deemed "medically necessary."...
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