The Pros And Cons Of Canadian Medicare

Canada’s Medicare faults come from geographical inconveniences

As an American, Canadian Medicare seems to be the supreme health-system. Tommy Douglas’s3 universal health-care is not as ‘supreme’ as it seems, in fact it can be related to the cliché of the grass is always greener. At a quick glance Medicare seems like it would be imperfect but it doesn’t require a lot of research to find its imperfections. The Canadian health care system is 70 percent federally funded compared to the US’s 47 percent1. All Canadian’s have free access to “hospital and physician services1. While it is federally funded but how it is structured is up to each individual province as along as their plans insure all the Canadian’s within that province can receive the benefits of this health care. However this health care system does have its down falls despite its promise to provide care to all of those who need it.

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With the lack of vitamin D being one issue on their health, it is not limited to that only. Canada’s statistics show that their people have a longer life expectancy than USA’s3. The universal health care creates many problems that the USA’s doesn’t have to deal with. As was mentioned before it is difficult to find doctors who want live in such remote areas, even in more populated areas of Canada there is a lack of doctors3. This results in longer waiting period for even the most simple hospital visits which actually makes this ‘universal’ healthcare less accessible than one would think. In the USA the health care restrictions result from a person’s level of income, so if you bump your head but don’t have a lot of money you are less likely to seek medical attention. Canada’s root of restriction comes from the high demand of medical attention, the consequences of this are that there are just simply not enough nurses and doctors not help everyone as fast as they would