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Originally Posted by Clever_Iggy
Isn't it ridiculous that someone has to travel outside a major city to receive medical care?
Canada's "free healthcare" and blind support for it is obviously a contentious issue and Canadians get very very defensive when the system is questioned. The US system is far from perfect, or acceptable. But frankly, Canada's medical system = major epic fail, too.
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Certainly, and a major reason why that occurs is not enough doctors wish to work in rural Canada. There in lies another problem. The gov't has tried incentives and the like to attract more doctors to the rural areas, with little success to date.
On the other hand, it does make a lot of sense to have a lot of the infrastructure for health care in areas where the largest percentage of the population lives. And when most of the infrastructure is concentrated, then there are long line ups. It would he very prohibitive in cost to provide that same level of care in very small centers across our country.