Supreme Court In Canada Rules Private Health Care a Basic Human Right

In a victory for consumers north of the border, the Supreme Court in Canada recently struck down a Quebec law that prohibited the sale of private health insurance and medical services. This decision is expected to have nationwide implications for Canada, which has long held to a publicly financed national health care system.Under the national system, doctors' services are free to citizens, who pay their salaries in tax dollars. While this has been popular with the general public, the country's growth has left those requiring non-critical procedures waiting weeks or even months for something as simple as a lab test. As a result, those who could afford to do often headed south, to seek care in the U.S. Those who could not were left to sit and wait. MORE…