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Canada has a couple of challenges that don't really apply to most European countries, or even the U.S. when it comes to health care. Doctor shortages create long wait times which is the main criticism of our system. And at the risk of angering some people, we lure way too many doctors from countries that have absolutely horrible healthcare which doesn't help improve things here.

There are a lot of places in Canada that doctors just don't want to live in if they can help it, which creates doctors shortages. When you can ply your trade almost anywhere you want to in North America, it's difficult to convince the best ones to stay in or move to Canada. They can make more money and have a more desirable climate to live in just by going to the country next door. When it comes to luring talented doctors, we aren't a the top of the list for the same reason we aren't at the top of the list for luring top NHL free agents.

Criticizing socialized medicine for these failures is like criticizing Winnipeg for having a lousy film industry.