A Comparison Of The Unites States And Canada s Health...

A Comparison of the Unites States’ and Canada’s Health Care System America has a very disorganized and fragmented healthcare system while Canada has a very structured and established system. Since there is no healthcare system in the world that is considered perfect all countries implement polices that they believe will be the most beneficial for their residents, The United States’ and Canada’s systems are both constantly being reformed to fit the current needs their residents however there are strengths and weaknesses for both of the systems. United States Health Care System and it’s Benefits The United States health care system is considered broken because we do not have one universal system. Within the American system there are different types of health insurance such as private, group or self-insurance. The United States works on a fee-for-service system so the providers receive money for every service they provide therefore the medical bills for Americans are significantly high. 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