Iowa Public Radio December 16, 2019
Canada utilizes a publicly funded universal health care system delivered through its provinces and territories.
University of Toronto Professor Peter Cram has been a physician, patient, and policy researcher in both Canada and in the United States. He compares the health care systems of the two nations.
The concept of a “Medicare for All” health care system has been a point of debate in the 2020 race. A similar system has been in place in Canada for years. Based off his experience working, researching and receiving care in both Iowa and Canada, one doctor shares what he’s learned while working within the two systems.
Peter Cram, a practicing physician and professor of medicine formerly at the University of Iowa and...