How can health care reform benefit America is the Canadian health care system better or worse ?

Very presupposedly

having had the experince of both worlds (US and Canadian), I can tell you that the average person is much better off under the global-style treatment offered by the candian system. Anybody and everybody can get the help they need when they need it. The canadian system is far from perfect though, no question about that. The american system is also far from perfect, as well. I suppose it depends on whether one is elitist or egalitarian in attitude which of the two systems is preferable to you. And to be honest, I cannot figure out the stupid new US system anyway. What it means in practical terms is very unclear. Too much idealogy and not enough substance in what one can find out. I suspect it is a half-assed fix that will do little to ultimately improve things or control the excessive costs and profiteering that cripple the US system and make it only good for the small few with deep pockets. Average Joe is unlikely to benefit unless average Joe is already without any benefits under the changes, but that is a step in the right direction, at least (my personal view, of course).

As a Canadian, I'm not a fan of our health care. I've seen people in the ER for a cold or just a cough while there are people how are suffering and almost dying. In a Canadian ER, unless you are seriously going to die, you have to wait there and I mean wait as in 5-8 hours long. Many Canadians are abusing our health care system. Though I see the "old" American health care system a bit costly for many people. My suggestion is that when people go see a doctor, they pay a small fee, a fee that most people can afford like just a few dollars. Free health care is costly for us as tax payers, it's like we are paying extra money for other people to see a doctor. In some provinces in Canada, they're paying up to 13% in taxes. Look at how Canada is struggling to keep our health care system in proper shape and I'd say you will be seeing that in America in a few years.

If a friend of mine survives after waiting three years to be diagnosed with the cancer, that she suspected she had and told me about the symptoms back then, and is finally getting chemo only in teh last month, then aI'll tell you. Being middle aged they got around fairly quickly, comparatively, than if she was already over 65, in which case they decide that you are just going to die anyways.

No one health care system is perfect. They all have their pros and cons, but I think everyone should have access to health care and get equal treatment, money should not determine preferential treatment, nor should social status and more importantly, insurance companies should not have the right to deny someone life saving surgery which they do all the time since for them, money is their bottom line. There's all this talk that since health care is not in the Constitution that it should not even come around, to that I say, stop thinking like it's 1776. The Constitution is old and outdated like a 3 year old piece of software, it's time to upgrade it and make things better and right. The Canadian system is excellent, but it's not the best, it has its faults and you are more likely to get quicker treatment in smaller cities and towns than larger cities, though hospitals in large urban centers tend to get the latest medical equipment. It's a double edged sword. There are so many things that could be done to improve health care, from regulating the insurance companies, preventing malpractice suits, more prevention and regular check ups which is what some people can't even afford right now, cheaper education costs for doctors, nurses and specialists which would bring more people to the field and potentially make their jobs a whole lot less stressful by reducing their work hours. Just remember that nothing is ever perfect, the current system is not perfect and the incoming system won't be perfect.

We arent Canadian and neither is our healthcare. There is no public option, but rather a public mandate to buy private insurance, buy medicaid, or pay a fine.

you can't compare canada and the usa we got as much illegals as canada got people