Will the British or French system work for us?

This is the million or billion dollar question for Canadian healthcare. Everyone says that our environment is better, we have better equality of income, and an abundance of resources as compared to Europe which is why we have a higher life expectancy than Europe even when the WHO ranks us much lower than them in our healthcare system. So, going with this theory, application of their healthcare system in our "better" environment will only yield better results!

Let us propose a study to use the British system and the French system in a couple of our healthcare regions in a chosen province, like Alberta for example. This study will be used to collect data about essential patient statistics ranging from quality feedback, wait times, repeat trips to overall health status. Once the study is completed, we can compare the numbers from the other health regions that use our current system and see if there is any differences in the results.

This study can give us a better idea of the what if? question. It can also highlight areas of improvement for our current system and we can then tell our politicians that we would like a system that is better and we have the proof of something that works. Of course, the study can also tell us that we are better off using our system and then perhaps we can be more satisfied with what we already have and ignore that WHO ranking anyway!

But...it's worth a try at least! What do you say?