The system isn't the problem in Canada, it's years of mismanagement that is. We need more primary care physicians and nursing staff. Part of the reason specialist wait lists are long is that a large proportion of referrals are inappropriate as people are simply going to walk-in clinics were GPs don't have time to work-up relatively simple problems. Approximately 30% of Albertans don't have a GP, if that problem gets fixed then I think everything else would more or less fall in line. As for level of care, even in the case of the very rich, I know a number of people that went to see world famous specialists at the Mayo Clinic for second opinions on their problems and came back disappointed as they had a massive bill but the same information they had received in Canada.
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