5 Myths About Canada’s Health Care System. As they explained, Canada may have wait times for some procedures, but it's due to lack of funding, not the single payer system. And they have rationing in the United States as well, but our rationing is due to cost. That didn't stop him from ending the segment by rattling this off with no challenge from Crowley.

BARRASSO: In Canada, they say we're going to do this many total joints a year, once it's over, and usually that's by Halloween, you get no more health care until the end of the year.