10 Myths About Canadian Health Care, Busted
1. Canada's health care system is "socialized medicine."
False.
2. Doctors are hurt financially by single-payer health
care.
True and False.
3. Wait times in Canada are horrendous.
True and False
again
4. You have to wait forever to get a family doctor.
False
5. You don't get to choose your own doctor.
Scurrilously False.
6. Canada's care plan only covers the basics. You're still on your own for
any extras, including prescription drugs. And you still have to pay for
it.
True
7. Canadian drugs are not the same.
More preposterious
bogosity.
8. Publicly-funded programs will inevitably lead to rationed health care,
particularly for the elderly.
False. And bogglingly so
9. People won't be responsible for their own health if they're not being
forced to pay for the consequences.
False
10. This all sounds great -- but the taxes to cover it are just unaffordable.
And besides, isn't the system in bad financial shape?
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