“We want universal healthcare… until we learn.”

A Canadian who lived their “universal healthcare” system for 32 years just gave Americans the reality check everyone pushing “Medicare for All” needs to hear.  - DocumentingLibs@HistorianUSA1

• Nearly 200,000 emergency patients waited 48+ hours for a hospital bed last year alone. 
• Almost 1 million Canadians now leave the ER without care because the wait is too long (up fivefold in some reports)...
• 5.9 million adults still have no regular family doctor.
• Specialist waitlists are exploding — median 28.6 weeks from GP referral to treatment. Some doctors are closing practices to new patients...
• Hallway medicine is routine. Patients die on stretchers...

Long waits aren’t a bug — they’re the feature when government controls supply and prices...