According to recent studies, infant mortality rates in Canada are lower than those in the United States. Life expectancy is also higher in Canada compared to that of the United States. How is it possible that one of the most powerful countries in the world, the United States, has a lower life expectancy than third world countries like Puerto Rico and the Cayman Islands. Canadians enjoy the benefit of universal health care, any citizen has the opportunity of free medical care. The overall health service performance of health care in Canada is better than that of the United States. The common assumption that patients have to wait for up to six months for a medical visit is false. Waiting periods for medical care in Canada are about the same length as those in the states. American citizens in the United States are likely to wait for up to three months for a medical visit, in some cases the wait is longer. In some Canadian clinics, patients see a doctor in a matter of hours without having to make an appointment. Patients can just walk in, without having to show proof of insurance and be guaranteed free medical health care.
Even though the United States is not under universal health care, the American government spends more per capita on health care than the Canadian government. On average the United States spends $2,724 per person on health care, while Canada spends $2,120. This fact contradicts the idea that if universal health care were to be passed then the government would spend more per person. As clearly shown, the Canadian government, a single payer health care provider, spends less money on health care. Furthermore, drugs sold in Canada are less expensive than prescription drugs sold in the United States. On average a person in Canada spends $509 per year on drugs, while an American citizen spends more than $728. Due to this significant difference many Americans are willing to travel to Canada for cheaper drugs. Another shocking difference is that in a recent rating of health care system performance, Canada ranked 30th while the United States ranked 37th. In other words, Canadians enjoy a higher quality medical care than that offered by private American insurance companies, not to mention the fact that it's free. Not only this, but the overall well being of Canadians is considered to be healthier than that of the average American citizen. All of the generalizations that claim universal health care will bring negative effects into our health care system are fraudulent. Reality is that Canada's universal health care system blows the American system out of the water.
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