For many Canadians, our universal health care system is a source of national pride. But the head of a government-funded health care improvement organization says Canada’s system barely ranks above that of the U.S. and lags far behind systems in Europe, where taxpayers get more care for their money.
Maureen O’Neil is the president of the Canadian Foundation for Health Improvement, a not-for-profit organization funded by Health Canada to evaluate ways to improve our country’s health system.
She notes that experts weighing in on a global “health care tournament” voted to eliminate Canada in the first round. The tournament rankings, published in The New York Times, found that, while the U.S. health system is “a bit of a mess,” expensive and non-universal, that country excels in medical technology innovation, has few delays, and good outcomes for patients.
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