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Originally posted by NetRodent
Unfortunately one only has to look at the Canadian system (atleast in Quebec) to see that socialized medicine does NOT work. There are severe shortages of doctors and nurses, even going to the point of hospital cancelling or postponing surgery. It's not uncommon to wait for six hours or more at the emergency room. Heck in flu season the newspaper is filled with stories of people waiting 48 hours at the emergency room and warnings not to go the the hospital. Its practically impossible to find a family doctor in Montreal. Someone I know needed some sort of kidney test, and he needed to wait 5 months to get it.
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Depends on where you live though. THe big cities are ALWAYS busy especially, but Rural areas are somewhat better. We're shorter on doctors but hospital visits aren't as hectic.