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I far prefer the Singapore model to Canada's. Have you informed yourself of the variety of different public healthcare models out there? UK and Canada seem to have issues with very long wait times and bad options for private care for niche conditions (private care was illegal in Canada not too long ago)

Singapore has good health outcomes, low health expenditure, and a high quality of care. They use a forced-savings model with a public backstop, giving consumers market incentive to conserve healthcare and keep costs down (unlike the US all-you-can-eat model). It's very effective and not too far from our current system for political feasibility.

There are economists who have been studying the problems and benefits of various universal public healthcare for years. Are you aware of their arguments?




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