Many Canadians also have PRIVATE health care

A few days ago I posted about the Canadian medical care system, illustrating how it was a provincial health care system in Canada and NOT a national provider. Another thing many Americans may not be aware of is that many jobs in Canada come with "benefits", and these allow upgrades from the public health care system, covering things like dental care, and semi-private or private rooms in hospitals. Everyone's health care is assured via the provincial single payer system, but it is the private plans that decide the level of comfort.

This combination of public and private insurance allows the poor and the middle class to live with dignity, and the rich to pay extra for the extra services and comfort levels to which they are accustomed. It would seem that many European countries also have a highly workable mix of public and private heath care, and this is something Americans should strive for, even if it means organizing and building from the bottom up, state by state by state.

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