Healthcare is a hotly debated topic in every Canadian election, and it comes up a lot nowadays, when it seems we hold elections every four months! Not too long ago (in 2000), the World Health Organization (WHO) ranked Canada's Healthcare System as 30th in the world. Now, before you say that is not all that bad, consider this: France spends about the same amount of money on its healthcare system and it ranked 1st overall in those very rankings! Also, the United Kingdom ranked in the top 10, and they spend far less on their healthcare as compared to Canada. This leads to a very obvious question: Why do we rank so low, when we spend so much money on our healthcare system?
A more recent ranking, comparing Canadian healthcare system to those in Europe, still shows us below most other European countries (see picture).
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