Originally Posted by khergan

You haven't experienced actual socialized medicine, it seems. Multi-month waits, chronic staffing shortages, arbitrary restrictions and requirements that prevent you from actually making headway on treatment. God help you if you need specialist care in any kind of timely manner. This is all with our flagship "free" program, Tricare Prime.

There's a reason Canadians come down for medical treatment in the US and pay out of pocket, and it's not because their health care system is good.