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TheArbitrator Canada actually doesn't have a national healthcare system. Each province (state) runs their own where it is federally and provincially funded, provincially regulated by regionally administrated.
Some provinces have a private clinic option, but most do not. It is generally a single tier system. My Ontario health card cost me $750 per year just to have the plastic in my wallet, plus I pay about $6,000 to $9,000 per year in healthcare taxes just for me, PLUS, I have a private HMO for the services not covered by the public system.
In Canada, no health care = no health services. Like the U.S., any hospital will fix you on an emergency basis, but be prepared for a very big bill with the expectation that you will pay it upon leaving the hospital.
