Canadian Health Care: A Warning, Not a Beacon | The Heritage Foundation

Canadian Health Care: A Warning, Not a Beacon | The Heritage Foundation

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• All Americans, regardless of political party, want access to timely, high-quality health care. The question is how to get there.
• Sanders's sanitized version of Canadian health care doesn't remotely fit the facts.
• Canada's system of socialized medicine has created high taxes and suffering patients. That's not what Americans want or deserve.

"...Do we harness the power and innovation of the private sector, or do we hand it to the government and hope for the best?
Canada has chosen the latter route, and at one of the most recent debates among Democratic presidential candidates, Bernie Sanders once again touted its government-run health care system as a model for America.
Alas, Sanders's sanitized version of Canadian health care doesn't remotely fit the facts.
No more out-of-pocket expenses?
In reality, Canadians' out-of-pocket health costs are nearly identical to what Americans pay—a difference of roughly $15 per month.
In return, Canadians pay up to 50% more in taxes than Americans, with government health costs alone accounting for $9,000 in additional taxes per year..."
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