<P> Canadians strongly support the health system's public rather than for - profit private basis, and a 2009 poll by Nanos Research found 86.2% of Canadians surveyed supported or strongly supported "public solutions to make our public health care stronger ." A Strategic Counsel survey found 91% of Canadians prefer their healthcare system instead of a U.S. style system . </P> <P> A 2009 Harris - Decima poll found 82% of Canadians preferred their healthcare system to the one in the United States . </P> <P> A 2003 Gallup poll found 25% of Americans are either "very" or "somewhat" satisfied with "the availability of affordable healthcare in the nation", versus 50% of those in the UK and 57% of Canadians . Those "very dissatisfied" made up 44% of Americans, 25% of respondents of Britons, and 17% of Canadians . Regarding quality, 48% of Americans, 52% of Canadians, and 42% of Britons say they are satisfied . </P> <P> Canada has a publicly funded medicare system, with most services provided by the private sector . Each province may opt out, though none currently does . Canada's system is known as a single payer system, where basic services are provided by private doctors (since 2002 they have been allowed to incorporate), with the entire fee paid for by the government at the same rate . Most government funding (94%) comes from the provincial level . Most family doctors receive a fee per visit . These rates are negotiated between the provincial governments and the province's medical associations, usually on an annual basis . Pharmaceutical costs are set at a global median by government price controls . </P>

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