Although the Canadian system is not perfect, most citizens are satisfied with their medical care, which is available regardless of social or economic status. Does the Canadian experience translate into a successful application to a “Medicare for All” option in the US? What is the evidence?
The Medicare system in the US approximates the workings of a single-payer system. Using the program as evidence, critics say that expanding the program to cover all Americans “would give us all the compassion of the Internal Revenue Service and the efficiency of the postal service at Pentagon policies” (Constance Horner, HHS official under Bush, quoted in stout, 1992). Proponents of a single-payer system point out our northern neighbors, whose Canadian version of Medicare works reasonable well. Although the Canadian system is not perfect, most citizens are satisfied with their medical care, which is available regardless of social or economic status. Does the Canadian experience translate into a successful application to a “Medicare for All” option in the US? What is the evidence?
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