I want to point out something else about the Canadian system.

As far as I know (please correct me if you know otherwise) the doctors here get paid on the basis of how many patients they see. So every time I visit a walk-in clinic and they swipe my card the doctor earns some dough.

Some times I have gotten the feeling that they are just hustling patients in and out so they can get as many card swipes as possible.

I've not had this issue since finding a "family doctor" or GP who was willing to see me regularly but some people don't seem to be able to find a regular doctor and care really does suffer when your doctor is a random walk-in clinic which never gets to know you.

Did that make sense? I'm tired, I apologize.