This post (and many others here) kind of put the ignorance of the "Canadian" system on display. It's not really one uniform system and has varying levels of privatization across the country because it is handled by provinces.

> Arguably, the horrible US for-profit health system offers stronger protection against this. A dead patient can’t be charged for more services. But a system that equates medical consumption with good care has it’s own set of problems too obvious to mention.

This isn't stronger protection; it just creates a different perverse incentive to effectively drag out someone's suffering.