October 19, 2009 8:32AM 

# In Canada You Need Wait-List Insurance! 

By [Doug Bandow](https://www.cato.org/people/doug-bandow) 

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Governments love to promise benefits. But politicians prefer not to have to raise the funds necessary to provide the promised services. The result for nationalized medical systems is political rationing … and long waiting lists. The Mackinac Institute, located in Michigan, [has produced a series of videos](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi3WcvRHZ_M) on Canadians speaking about how their system works. The British Columbia Automobile Association even developed medical access, or wait list, insurance, before abandoning the program under pressure.

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