Fierce Healthcare December 2, 2019
Progressives will no doubt continue to tout Canada’s single-payer system as an ideal model for us in the U.S. But, Sally Pipes argues, the reality is far different.
Proponents of “Medicare for All” claim that Canada’s government-run health system delivers high-quality care for a fraction of what we pay in the U.S.
Presidential hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s campaign website, for example, praises Canada’s low costs for certain procedures. In a recent interview from the campaign trail, Sen. Bernie Sanders expressed amazement that Canadians “could go to the doctor whenever they wanted and not have to take out their wallet.”
But a new report from the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI), an independent think tank in Canada, should throw some cold...
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