According to many Americans, us Canadians are commies to the core. Be afraid America, be very afraid!
We've had policies in Canada for decades that insured some level of healthcare would be provided for all citizens. Also there are equalization requirements governing how much each province provides for the overall country's well-being. Many of our political parties have and continue to support socialist idealogies...and what's wrong with that? Socialism isn't all bad by any means. In a free and democratic society, the people get to choose what they want...it might be universal medicare that the majority support if they really stopped to think about it. After all, anyone can end up sick and on hard times and at least here in Canada, I've never had a problem seeing a doctor whenever I needed one. And there usually isn't any bill to be paid. Now granted we do have a shortage of doctors and wait times can be long but hey, it's no charge to see a doctor, to have many types of surgery done.