With all the consideration of the govt being the party that sets
medical prices at Canadian levels, who will pay for the R&D? Most R&D
for med stuff is done in the USA because we pay for it and essentially
the USA subsidizes Canadian medicine because they do NOT pay for the
R&D, US citizens do. The govt will not pay for it and are not even
qualified to do so. Most advances in medicine and drugs over the last
50 years would never have been funded by the govt. I know from
personal experience that govt experts rarely know enough about what
really works.
Most medical R&D is funded by pvt companies who know they will make
money if the process works. If they cannot make a profit, no more
R&D, no advances in treatments, no new drugs.