Consider government run health care in Canada. And thanks to my friend, Medcan CEO (and USNA graduate) Shaun Francis for the pointer:
In Quebec for instance, nearly 1.7 million people, or 25% of the population, still have no family doctor. Patients wait an average of 17.6 hours in the emergency room, nearly two hours more than a decade ago. Throughout Canada, the median wait time between seeing a general practitioner and treatment by a specialist has almost doubled from 1993 to 2010, going from 9.3 to 18.2 weeks.
In most sectors of the economy, the many problems facing the health-care system would be seen as opportunities by entrepreneurs. However, since hospital and medical services deemed to be “essential” are monopolized by government, entrepreneurs are by definition excluded from a large portion of the health-care sector. Even in areas in which the private delivery of services is allowed, numerous regulations and obstacles handcuff entrepreneurs and undermine their drive to initiate new ventures.
This is from Yanick Labrie's excellent opinion piece in the Financial Post.
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