Funny about that Concho as several clients I have who have Canadian relatives, and even some of my own family in Canada came to the USA for medical procedures due to the length of time they had to wait for their own system to get them the procedure.
Funny thing about anecdotes is that everyone has ’em. A buddy of mine moved to Canada a few years back, broke his hand horribly in a bike crash and received excellent care for free. He was referred through several different surgeons until the best one was found to do the reconstructive surgery. He didn’t have to wait, he didn’t have to put up with second rate care, everything was covered, he couldn’t be happier at least for a man who’s hand was pretty much wrecked.
And let me tell you about waiting — lots of us here in the US wait to see doctors too; I don’t even go anymore because every time I call the response is “Well, the doctor’s first available appointment is 4 months from now. If you’d like we can get you in with the PA in 2 months or the NP can see you in 3 weeks.”
Not saying Canadian-style healthcare will work here. This place is 10 times the size and so it has 10 times the graft and corruption.