Originally Posted by robwod

Having been treated on both sides of the US/Canadian border, I don't think the US has a healthcare problem at all. What they do have is an insurance industry problem coupled with big Pharma and Tort Law that could use some reform. But the actual care is exceptional if you're properly insured.

One of the guys I work with in Ohio comes to Canada every few months for his diabetes care, and then goes back home and makes payments to the hospital/doctors here. According to him, it's cheaper to do that, including travel and accommodations, because it's far too expensive for him to get insurance (maybe due to pre-existing reasons?). I have no idea what the figures are, I just found that interesting.

And as someone else said, nothing is free. Certainly the medical industry here in Canada is not free, we pay for it through taxation.