The answers for Canada's public health care system differ slightly but aside from the potential monetary issues for people without adequate insurance in the US, the Canadian system depends on capacity if you aren't a) a critical care patient b) high profile i.e. athelete, politician etc
1. Almost impossible to shop around
2. Instead this is a Dr's or a public system policy choice.
3. Dr's incentive is to minimize costs
4. Your ability to aquire healthcare is based on limited availability and your condition. If you are critical you will get immediate care, if you need a MRI - perhaps 6 months, if you need a specialist i.e. liver doc, sleep study, orthopedic surgeon etc, 1+ year
5. You have very little choice. Finding a family doc is very constrained
OBVIOUSLY, this depends on the province as health care is a provincial domain.
1. Almost impossible to shop around 2. Instead this is a Dr's or a public system policy choice. 3. Dr's incentive is to minimize costs 4. Your ability to aquire healthcare is based on limited availability and your condition. If you are critical you will get immediate care, if you need a MRI - perhaps 6 months, if you need a specialist i.e. liver doc, sleep study, orthopedic surgeon etc, 1+ year 5. You have very little choice. Finding a family doc is very constrained
OBVIOUSLY, this depends on the province as health care is a provincial domain.