Better that then the rationing that always ends up happening with socialized healthcare.
Haha...Rationing?...Really? That is what you have? That is the best you can do? I hate to break it to you but the U.S. rations just as much if not more than Canada. Economically defined, healthcare rationing happens with our current system by simply limiting health care goods and services to only those who can afford to pay. In the United States this type of rationing affects people who are either too poor to afford care or unwilling to buy care or simply uninsured.
Canada rationing is different and it depends on the single payer country on how much they ration. Link below is from the AARP explaining the myths the republicans love to spew out...
myths-canada-health-care.html
"Our single-payer system, which is called Medicare (see above), manages not to have the “wait times” issue that Canada’s does. There must, therefore, be some other reason for the wait times. There is, of course.
In 1966, Canada implemented a single-payer health care system, which is also known as Medicare. Since then, as a country, Canadians have made a conscious decision to hold down costs. One of the ways they do that is by limiting supply, mostly for elective things, which can create wait times. Their outcomes are otherwise comparable to ours.
Please understand, the wait times could be overcome. Canadians could spend more. They don’t want to. We can choose to dislike wait times in principle, but they are a byproduct of Canada’s choice to be fiscally conservative.
Yes, they chose this. In a rational world, those who are concerned about health care costs and what they mean to the economy might respect that course of action. But instead, they attack the system.
In 1966, Canada implemented a single-payer health care system, which is also known as Medicare. Since then, as a country, Canadians have made a conscious decision to hold down costs. One of the ways they do that is by limiting supply, mostly for elective things, which can create wait times. Their outcomes are otherwise comparable to ours.
Please understand, the wait times could be overcome. Canadians could spend more. They don’t want to. We can choose to dislike wait times in principle, but they are a byproduct of Canada’s choice to be fiscally conservative."