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I'm sure you know the experience or opinion of small groups of relatives or individuals are anecdotal and have very little to do with the real picture.
Many Canadians actually leave Canada when they need health care because the wait is too long.
Here is a report from the Toronto Sun
https://torontosun.com/news/national/canadians-continue-to-leave-the-country-for-health-care-says-new-report
and a Research Bulletin
https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/leaving-canada-for-medical-care-2015.pdf
Many are coming to the US.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2016-08-03/canadians-increasingly-come-to-us-for-health-care
This has been going on a long time - Why don't you know about this?
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If you are on boards with a more international audience, it is shocking how bad they feel for Americans.
FYI, my mom restricted her insulin due to $. She's dead.
My littlest brother died a year ago because his heart pump power cord was ignored too long. The cut the power to his heart and sent him to my house to die. They said 3 days; it took 7 weeks for him to die.
11 months after Mom.
That's US medicine.
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There are many shortages of health care technology in Canada as well.