Canada

Quebec doesn't have expertise with the type of tumor she had:

Harding-Jones lived with an extremely rare brain tumour called a colloid cyst, one that neurosurgeons in Quebec admittedly don’t have the expertise to operate on, patient files show.

... an ultra-specialized brain operation to remove the tumour that is only available in New York’s Weill Cornell Medicine Brain and Spine Centre.

Canada doesn't have the population density of the US. If a condition is exceedingly rare, patients occasionally need to go to elsewhere to find specialists.

I suspect Americans in less populous states would be in the same boat.

In Canada if you are physically injured or have a baby you go to the hospital, get care and go home. No worries of bankruptcy.

If you have a non urgent / long term condition you spend years waiting to see someone.

On the whole I still think it is a better system than the US but it really does have problems.

People opt not to get treated or take ambulance in the states due to the costs. Even if you have coverage from work you may only have coverage at specific hospitals for some treatments.

It's decent when it's serious enough, but the worst case will obviously end up in the news.

There's almost bo clinics you can visit without an appointment, so you need to call a hotline (8-1-1) to talk to someone who will ask some questions about your current medical condition and try to book you an appointment to the nearest clinic. Be ready to wait at the ER for a long time if you're not a priority at the triage, but I'd rather wait than paying a fortune when I can't see anyone else because all the clinics are full and you don't have a family doctor.