US Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Health Care Act

[kandrathe]

They are still, y'know, doctors. Slightly more in the way of professionalism and training than your average DMV functionary, and also bound by powerful and ancient codes of ethics and practice.

Sure, but that didn't stop some doctors in the article Shadow cited in McAllen from becoming more entrepreneurial, putting profit motives ahead of patient care. To me, the government operates by laws and regulations, and that would be reflected in the system somehow. Operationally, perhaps it's just in the availability of service, or facilities. They wouldn't need to say, "Reduce the number of mammograms you perform.", but merely control the costs by only providing a limited number of machines per facility.

So, other than keeping their government salary and your assumption of their noble self actualization, what motivates the Canadian health care provider to provide better quality?