Canadian health care system

Canada's Supreme Court has struck down Quebec's ban on private medical insurance.The critics say that this might undermine Canada's current healthcare system. From everything that I've read about Canada's current health care system I can only say "good riddance".

All the other civilized countries in the world have both a private and a public healthcare system. Canada is the only one that in its infinite wisdom fights tooth nd nail against any private healthcare. As the result, the lines for procedures are unbelievable and, unlike in places like Finland, you are not allowed to seek faster private treatment if you are tired of waiting in line or feel like you are about to die.

I can already imagine the screeching: "We have to get rich to die in lines together with the poor in the name of equality", or something like that. Let's remind them that the rich are perfectly well capable of travelling to the US and paying for the private health care there. It's the people who cannot afford paying out of the pocket south of the border but could afford a private insurance if there were any who are fucked. Which is, like, most of the population.

On the other hand, let's not remind them. Next thing they'll decide to ban travelling out of the country in order to get medical treatment. All in the name of True Equality.