@fffred thank you for your comments and kind words.
No health care system is perfect, including Canada. They do a reasonably good job on primary care, not so much on major health issues.
There is a reason why folks in Canada come to the US for care but not the other way around (US to Canada).
https://torontosun.com/news/national/canadians-continue-to-leave-the-country-for-health-care-says-ne...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/sallypipes/2018/06/11/canadians-are-one-in-a-million-while-waiting-for-...
As mentioned earlier in this thread, original (US) Medicare is the only place those 65+ have unfettered access to care with essentially no wait time.
Your situation does not have to be life threatening to matter.
Last January my wife fell and broke her hip. She was admitted via the ER on Saturday and surgery to place screws in the bone the next day. Discharged 4 days later.
As it turns out a lady we know had a similar accident the year before. Her claim was workers comp. The carrier refused to authorize urgent or emergency care. Told her to take OTC pain medication.
She continued to walk on that leg a few more days and WC finally agreed to let her see a doctor. At that point the hip had started to necrotize but they did implant a hip.
She continued to have pain and a year later she was examined again. The doc said the artificial hip did not fuse because of necrosis and infection.
She had a 2nd implant.
Sub-par care does exist here if you have the wrong plan and/or wrong carrier.
My wife still has a few mobility issues but is 95% recovered.
You can't put a price on that.
Bark less. Wag more.