Common misconception actually. Healthcare is Provincial in Canada, and you have to have a legal address in the Province you want healthcare from.
Don't get me wrong, it's a communist shithole, but Healthcare just isn't a national system.
Well, ok. But they still have a government provided health system, would that be accurate? I do remember reading that every province was different, but where that came from is lost to time.
Basically it's just like private insurance, except everyone pays the same premium (not really, just it's all paid through your Provincial taxes, so you'll never actually see the price tag). Also the only choice is the one insurance company, and yes, it's a Crown Corporation (meaning the jolly old Queen of England owns it).
I also know the Netherlands is commonly said to have national Healthcare and it's even less true. Over there the government just forces you to have medical insurance, much like car insurance in the US. It's still all private and personally paid for.
So essentially, you don't have health insurance as it's understood in the USA, you have a subsidized province provided carrier that's your only choice.
I guess even if the terminology was wrong the idea was still correct - you have to get the jab because you're "covered" by the singular carrier.
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