1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 This time on Code WACK!&amp;nbsp; Today we’re taking an inside look at Canada’s public health insurance system known as Medicare. What are the biggest misconceptions Americans have about it?&amp;nbsp; What works, what doesn’t, and why? And what happens when a public system starts drifting toward privatization?&amp;nbsp; This is part one of our conversation with Dr. Bernard Ho, an emergency physician in Toronto and Vice-Chair of Canadian Doctors for Medicare, a national evidence-based organization working to strengthen Canada’s publicly funded healthcare system. He is a lecturer at the University of Toronto, where he also earned his M.D. Bernard is currently completing his Masters of Public Administration at the Harvard Kennedy School.&amp;nbsp; Check out the Transcript and Show Notes for more!&amp;nbsp; And please keep Code WACK! on the air with a tax-deductible donation at&amp;nbsp;heal-ca.org/donate. Code WACK! https://heal-ca.org/ <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/41324450/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/202046030