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Canadians are not prohibited from seeking and paying for for-profit health care in other countries where ever it is offered. Except in a very few rare insances Canada does not fund for-profit healthcare with public money.

Here is some information on the Canada Health Act: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hcs-sss/medi-assur/overview-apercu/index_e.html

The Romanow Report: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/care/romanow/hcc0086.html

As to your question re a funding adequacy-level, I'm not an analyst but it's reasonable to assume that the funds which were removed need to be replaced, funding levels need to be returned to pre-1993 levels, adjusted for inflation, and additional funds may be required to ameliorate damages to the delivery system and infrastructure due to the past fifteen years which saw insufficient funding for health care.

Regarding budgets, debt and deficits I recommend going to your public library and checking out Linda McQuaig's "Shooting the Hippo".

review: http://www.peak.sfu.ca/the-peak/96-1/issue4/hippo.html