i am not sure private is the answer. maybe bore public is the answer. the reason i say is i come from india where they used the concept of giving it almost entirely to private and its a shithole. with private companies popping up the priority will always be profit. if u r not profitable at any point in ur life u wont get any care. with public the idea is wellbeing of citizen. as for your story blackbird, the heart is an extremely critical organ and asking doctors to immediately provide service for it is hard to gauge or deliver. what if they gave u want u asked and u died. the idea is conservative treatment. sure they could do as u say and u have great health but medicine is tricky, each person responds differently, and u cud be in worse position to the extent u wont be able to type on net. as for your story of a relative also going thru it , like i said its not easy to fix heart problems given how critical it is and risks associated with playing around it. so the chances of things going wrong is very high.....you could also have been very unlucky and a standalone case and hence i understand ur frustration. however if we see a lot of people say this it would be concerning. during my limited time here, i havent heard of too many horror cases in canada. the healthcare in india taken over by private is pure horror. 10 percent of indians who have money will tell u its the best while the other 90 percent have so bad health they cant even speak.every day is a nightmare for them.