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> And yet getting an appointment to see a Doctor is a multi-week process (Ontario).

And there's the rub; in the U.S. you pay for healthcare with your money, and in Canada you pay with your time. There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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I've heard this but no one ever cites any relevant studies that shows any such disparity.

You don't need a study. Enough people, myself included, have used the healthcare system multiple countries or have family in other places, that this is mostly common knowledge. That might not satisfy a debate judge, but it's good enough for most of us.

You also pay with your money, just through less direct means.

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