Yes .. but. Canada is often pointed at by Americans as an example of a functioning healthcare system. I can tell you we have many problems, but they are different. It might mean long queues for basic diagnostics/assessments/procedures, facilities that look ugly, excessive waits in the ER, and still paying an arm and a leg for medication. I have heard of great experiences in Canada but also pretty terrible ones.

I'm a Canadian too. Maybe I've just been lucky, but when I or anyone in my family has needed urgent care, I've never felt like I had to wait excessive amounts of time for it.

As far as whether facilities could be "nicer", I mean... maybe? I actually kind of prefer healthcare to be like schools in this way— if I don't think it's nice enough for me, then I need to lobby the province to collect more taxes and make it nicer for everyone rather than just taking my dollars elsewhere.

And that doesn't even address the whole billing-surprise angle. I would happily wait forever if the alternative was not knowing if I was going to randomly be stuck with a $10M bill.

> Canada is often pointed at by Americans as an example of a functioning healthcare system.

To be fair, Americans have a very low standard for “functioning healthcare system” due to the American healthcare system.