EMACK is a believer. No matter how many people who have a system like Canada’s tell him how they prefer it, he will not believe it.
To argue whether car fare is paid for is irrelevant. The fact is the operation is paid for. The hospital is paid for. The doctor is paid for. So you figure out in which country a person will be put under financial stress.
Even having insurance does not save you in America. The insurance company is an enemy trying to cheat you out of every dime they can. It is a disrespectful system that harms people who are most vulnerable. It puts crushing stress into the most emotional times of their lives.
Is it possible someone in Canada has gotten in financial stress because of prescription costs? i suppose it is. Does that make their system equivalent to ours? It it almost the same thing? Of course not.
Those who can not afford health insurance in America are screwed.
Yet our health care is rated 37th in the world by the World Health Organization. Is that why we pay double what any other country pays?