The problem with healthcare in Canada is it's overly bureaucratic and cumbersome. Policy, process and procedure seems to trump everything else, often at the expense of someones life. Instead of throwing more money at a broken system, how about reforming it. In Canada people die waiting for essential scans to detect cancer and the treatment. I needed an MRI on my shoulder. In Canada I would need 3 or 4 appointments, then I would have to wait for months if not years before the appointment to come in for the scan. Here in Mexico I walked into a MRI clinic, was examined by a doctor and within 20 minutes I had the MRI.  What a difference...