The Canadian system (or any public system) gets a bad rap for wait times, but it's not like everyone is just walking around with open wounds and broken bones here. I work in a hospital, and if you come in and need an MRI urgently, you get it. If it can wait, you wait. We aren't fully public, and if you want a private MRI next day you can pay for it (and in fact, the last time I compared local prices vs prices in Montana, we were cheaper).