Weiser says:
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the examples of people waitlisted to death in Canada
and Britain are commonplace.
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I think the misunderstandings are due to differences in how medical
priorities are established. In Canada, "your turn" is decided by a
physician. If more emergent cases arise, your less-critical procedure
is "delayed". That is, you have no "absolute" time for your procedure,
because the system cannot anticipate more important cases coming up.

As I'm given to understand from conversations with Americans, your
"place in line" is a function of both emergent need and ability to pay.


Philosophically, the Canadin people do not accept that money should be
a factor in these decisions. For us, the only criteria in making these
decisions ought to be medical -- that is, whatever medical
professionals think the priorities ought to be.

Overly simplistic, but a reasonable picture, I think.

frtzw906