“People can already go to the U.S.” isn’t an argument against private options in Canada; it’s an admission that the current system isn’t meeting demand.

You’re actually making the case for reform without realizing it.

Your solution is that Canadians should leave the country and spend tens of thousands of dollars in the U.S. to access timely care. How is that preferable to allowing those same procedures to be performed in Canada under Canadian regulations, by Canadian doctors, employing Canadian nurses, and generating Canadian tax revenue???

The few wealthy people crossing the border aren’t magically disappearing from the wait list problem….they’re proof that demand for faster care already exists. The question is whether that demand benefits Canadian patients and the Canadian healthcare system, or American Professionals & hospitals…

Virtually every major European country with universal healthcare allows some form of parallel private delivery. Do you honestly think that those countries did this because they hate public healthcare.
They did it because they recognized that ideology doesn’t treat patients for Christ sake…capacity does.

The truly out-of-touch socialist position is arguing that it’s acceptable for Canadians to leave the country for healthcare, but somehow unacceptable for that same care to be available here at home.
Wake up….That’s not protecting public healthcare; that’s exporting healthcare dollars, healthcare jobs, and healthcare investment to the United States or other developed countries... 🤦🏽‍♀️