# Wouldn't Switching US healthcare to a Canadian system lower the debt faster than anything else? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [November 5, 2015, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wouldnt-switching-us-healthcare-to-a-canadian-system-lower-the-debt-faster-than-anything-else/736747 "2015-11-05T19:00:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 50
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wouldnt-switching-us-healthcare-to-a-canadian-system-lower-the-debt-faster-than-anything-else/736747/50 "2015-11-06T21:21:29Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > No, as mentioned by XT above you can save money through effeciencies and volume discounts. In addition to the bargaining power of being the sole legal buyer. That’s going to be part of reducing payments to health care providers. > [@](#): > > And rationing care probably wouldn’t be that bad an idea in some cases. We don’t need an MRI for every belly ache. Combined with tort reform, rationing is the only realistic option to reduce health care inflation. > [@](#): > > Obamacare isn’t single payer so that’s kind of irrelevant. Actually, it does, in part, because Obamacare was going to reduce costs borne by the insured and incurred by the uninsured. As well as allow Medicare cuts. Or rather, increases in Medicare spending that are not as large as they might otherwise be. Regards, Shodan --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wouldnt-switching-us-healthcare-to-a-canadian-system-lower-the-debt-faster-than-anything-else/736747)._