pastafarian said:However, the second quote forces us to ask are waiting times and limited choice of doctors an intrinsic quality of a universal, single-payer system?
Limited choice of doctors? Have things changed that much in Canada in 7 years? I don't recall being limited to which doctor I could see.
As noted in my earlier post - In the US - here is your plan, here is your list of doctors in the plan, go to a doctor outside the plan, pay extra, opt for the plan where you can pick any doctor, pay extra.
Americans are so used to having a limited choice of doctors in their system I guess they don't even think about it anymore.