It's always entertaining when the topics of healthcare and/or gun violence, with regards to the USA, Canada, and the UK are discussed.
Of course it's easier to fund healthcare in countries with tiny populations and low immigration.
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Fewer acts of violence in the UK and Canada....sure, it's because no one lives there.
Comparatively speaking.
Well, I would've thought that a larger population could make for cheaper health care, due to economies of scale.
Our system is by no means cheap. It is one of the most expensive in the world. It just looks cheap, looking at it from the US.
If immigration is a factor, just consider that the immigration rate for Canada is about twice that of the USA, from a per capita perspective - about 250,000 to Canada vs 1,100,000 to the USA, annually.
As for population density, it's somewhat misleading, because the vast majority of Canada's population is clustered withing a few hundred miles of the US border, making the "effective" density much higher than the simple "people/mile^2".
All that said, a lot of people in Canada think we have a peaceful country, only because we live next to the USA.
If we shared a border with say...some Scandinavian countries, we'd be horrified by the level of violence in this country. Just like a redneck's sex life - it's all relative.
