Yes, the Canada Health Act was written to prevent that sort of lock-in... as a condition of receiving federal money to support provincial health insurance, that money has to be available to any Canadian citizen.
-- Steve thinks this is why a comparable system won't work in the US; there are just too many jurisdictions to make such a system functional. (52, instead of Canada's mere 13.)
I believe that the individual states are allowed to have their own healthcare systems. I've been waiting for California (or somewhere similar) to produce a decent one. I believe that Massachusetts has implemented something that's regarded as at least half-reasonable.
Yes, but IIRC there isn't a similar system of transfer payments to ensure that American citizens have comparable care throughout the country; that's tough enough to negotiate with 10 premiers, and doing so with 50 governors just sounds unmanagably complex. (Not to mention smacking too much of teh ebil soshulism.)
-- Steve also likes that his system doesn't have to worry nearly as much about "in-network" and "out of network" providers; a benefit of the single-payer insurance scheme that's often overlooked.
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-- Steve thinks this is why a comparable system won't work in the US; there are just too many jurisdictions to make such a system functional. (52, instead of Canada's mere 13.)
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-- Steve also likes that his system doesn't have to worry nearly as much about "in-network" and "out of network" providers; a benefit of the single-payer insurance scheme that's often overlooked.