A Usenet persona calling itself BCITORGB wrote:

Scott asserts:
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Neither. I'm saying that no amount of health care insurance in Canada
will
get you into a hospital or surgical suite ahead of anyone higher on the
priority list than you.
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And are you suggesting that there ought to be some sort of insurance
coverage that could get you higher on the priority list? Just curious.

Of course. Everyone should be able to seek out a hospital and/or a surgeon
that can provide service immediately. In Canada, while people sit on waiting
lists, beds in hospitals are empty or occupied by chronically-ill patients.
Even if your local hospital is idle, if you're not at the top of the list,
they won't help you.

In the US, if one hospital is full, you go find another that isn't and get
service right away.

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