Canadian health care has taken center stage in the United States this week, from US President Donald Trump announcing plans to allow the purchasing of drugs from up north, to Democratic presidential candidates like Bernie Sanders pointing to Canada as a model for health coverage during Tuesday’s debate. But the Canadian health system is not as simple as people might think. Host Marco Werman speaks with Canandian health systems specialist Karen Grepin on how it works and how the country got to universal coverage.
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