Generally speaking, American citizens do not travel north to Canada to access routine or elective healthcare services, as Canada's public Medicare system is funded through taxation exclusively for eligible Canadian residents and permanent citizens. While some Americans occasionally cross the border to purchase lower-cost prescription drugs from Canadian pharmacies, traveling to Canada for hospital procedures or major medical treatments is impractical for non-residents because they face full commercial out-of-pocket billing rates and lengthy public surgical wait lists.
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