People go both ways across that border for medical treatment that they can't get at home, Sawzaw. They go to the USA from Canada and to Canada from the USA. They also go to Mexico, France, and Cuba to get treatments they can't get in Canada or the USA. All these people have their own specific reasons for seeking treatment in some other country, those reasons may be good ones, and each one has a unique story. If you wish to find out all the reasons involved, you will have to speak to those individuals, not to me.

The only part I can tell you about is my part, which is: In Canada I can get full medical treatment from a doctor or a hospital at no additional cost, and I pay quite a modest sum in my yearly taxes for that privilege, so I happily choose Canada over the USA when it comes to that. I can't get absolutely anything here, but I can certainly get most of the things I need, at a cost I can easily afford.

As I've pointed out before, I will compliment the USA on what the USA does well, just as I will compliment Canada on what Canada does well. I am not speaking for Canada, I'm simply observing what's happening around me. Both countries do certain things very well. Both countries do certain things not so well. Canada is also far down the list for medical treatment in the world. I think we are at number 35 or around there. France is number 1.

I'm well aware that there are limits on freedoms, and I would not describe myself as a Libertarian, because I most certainly do not believe that "the least government" is necessarily "the best government".

The necessary limits on freedoms in any society are the limits set to prevent people from harming others and/or harming the property of others. Those limits would apply to behaviours such as:

assault
slander
fraud
murder
rape
theft
dangerous driving
property destruction
kidnapping
arson
vandalism
slavery
etc...

I am entirely in favor of a government limiting people's freedom to commit such harmful and offensive acts. Any society places some necessary limits on freedom, and that suits me fine.