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Canada [Top] Parliament unanimously passed the Canada Health Act in 1984 and established a single-payer, publicly-financed health care system. To ensure a true government monopoly (is there any other kind?) Canadian provinces outlawed private health insurance. Chaoulli v. Quebec UPDATE (June 9, 2005): In a 4 to 3 decision, the Canadian Supreme Court struck down Quebec's law that prohibits private medical insurance. Surgery postponed indefinitely for 1,000 Kelowna patients - Cathryn Atkinson, April 8, 2008 [Globe and Mail] Majority of Que. dentists quit health-care system - March 27, 2008 [CTV.ca] Why Ontario keeps sending patients south - Lisa Priest, February 22, 2008 [Globe and Mail] Will Socialized Health Care in the US Kill Canadians? - Don Surber, March 3, 2008 [Acton Institute] Wait times for surgery, medical treatments at all-time high: report - October 15, 2007 [CBC News (Canada)] The Ugly Truth About Canadian Health Care - David Gratzer, Summer 2007 [City Journal] Cancer patients question why PET scan not covered - May 28, 2007 [CBC News] BC Medical Association: Waiting Too Long for Hip and Knee Surgery Costs $10,000 Per Patient-Maximum Wait Times Should Be No Longer Than 6 Months - June 28, 2006 [CCN Matthews] Ont. physician turns away patient for being 55+ - March 17, 2006 [CTV.ca] Canada inches toward private medicine - Rebecca Cook Dube, August 8, 2005 [CS Monitor] Doctor defends private cancer clinic - Gillian Livingston, July 15, 2005 [Canadian Press] Dogma trumps truth in health-care issues - D’Arcy Jenish, July 7, 2005 [Ontario Business News] Why Canadians Purchase Private Health Insurance - Walter Williams, June 20, 2005 [Capitalism Magazine] Doctor welcomes health ruling - June 9, 2005 [CBC Montreal] Patients shouldn't wait more than 8 weeks for cardiac defibrillator: experts - May 24, 2005 [Canadian Press] Grads fail to slow doctor shortage - Jennifer O'Brien, May 21, 2005 [London Free Press] Free Canadian health care comes at cost - April 10, 2005 [Arkansas Democrat-Gazette] Canada's drug tab reaches $22 billion, report suggests - Sheryl Ubelacker, CP, April 6, 2005 [London Free Press] Canadian health care is free and first-class -- if you can wait - Beth Duff-Brown, March 19, 2005 [The Associated Press] Pediatricians, parents warn of shortage of community-based care for children - Colin Perkel, March 4, 2005 [The Canadian Press] Access to specialists difficult: study - February 16, 2005 [CBC Calgary] Doctor shortages, frustrations vary from region to region, survey shows - February 15, 2005 [Canada.com] Montreal leads the country in offering private health care - Aaron Derfel, February 12, 2005 [Montreal Gazette] Canada falling short on medical imaging - February 9, 2005 [Macleans.ca] Creative incentives required to retain older doctors - Dr. Charles Shaver, January 20, 2005 [Toronto Star] MRI gap defies cash fix - Mark Kennedy, January 14, 2005 [National Post (Canada)] A boy's plight, a nation's problem - Lisa Priest, January 13, 2005 [The Globe and Mail] Where's proof private clinics cost more? - Tom Brodbeck, December 4, 2004 [The Winnipeg Sun] Surgery backlog tops 5,500 at kids' hospitals; One-year waits common - Aaron Derfel, December 3, 2004 [The Gazette (Montreal)] Hospital wait lists to get worse, Carriere says - Chris Traber, November 14, 2004 [Yorkregion.com] Frustrated patients can't handle ER waits - Jennifer Stewart and Jeffrey Simpson, October 28, 2004 [The Halifax Herald Limited] Private medical clinic opens in Montreal ...it answers, "an ever-increasing demand from the public for greater accessibility and quality of health services." - October 13, 2004 [CTV.ca] Canadians have higher death risk than Americans after heart attack: study - Sheryl Ubelacker, September 20, 2004 [Canada.com] Canadian medical tourists in India - Jeremy Copeland, September 20, 2004 [CBC News] Doctor shortage cripples Canada's free health care - Clifford Krauss, September 18, 2004 [Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune] Canada's Once-Proud Public Health System in Crisis - David Ljunggren, September 14, 2004 [Reuters (Ottawa)] Hospitals to cut, again - September 5, 2004 [Toronto Star] Canada's Medical Nightmare - Robert J. Cihak, M.D., September 1, 2004 [Health Care News] Canada faces shortage of doctors - August 19, 2004 [MSNBC] Canadians losing faith in health system: poll - August 16, 2004 [CTV.ca] Ontario hospitals a health risk - Michael Hurley, August 8, 2004 [Toronto Star] Need surgery? Here's how long you'll wait "It's inhuman. The quality of my life is horrible and there's absolutely nothing I can do about it." - Jason Fekete, July 28, 2004 [Calgary Herald] Docs, nurses fed up Canadian doctors and nurses are fed up with inter-governmental "bickering" that is dragging

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1. Cant say I have;( Hope I helped