There is no choice in Ontario. If you want to use an alternative, well you can't as it would be considered a two tier system. One person having faster access to medicare if they want to pay our of their own pocket "would not be fair".

My father had a small accident, he went to the hospital and waited. He arrived at about ten in the morning, at about six in the evening he saw a doctor, and at about nine in the evening he returned home. This to determine he had a sprain. These kind of waits are common place.

There are people dying waiting for surgery on a regular basis.

An example of how absurd things have become; A few years ago when all this 'no two-tier' nonsense was really hitting stride it was learned that the Toronto Raptors were renting out MRI facilities from the Ontario government. The facilities were being used at night when otherwise the facility would have been shut down. Everything was paid for by the Raptors including rent, supplies, staff enabling the Ontario government to make a nice profit doing this. This was a program where anyone who wanted to pay, could take advantage of it. Guess what? No two-tier, program ended, Toronto Raptors and everyone else who now wants choice has to travel to Buffalo for their MRI and other medical needs.