When the organization providing the product or service is vested in the government, ummm, yeah...it is. A government monopoly is a socialized business.For all practical intents and purposes yes, Canada's system is socialized medicine. The article doesn't mention whether the premium is payed to the single payer or to the govenment, but that is largely irrelevant. Even if it is the single payer it is heavily regualted by the government. More so than any insurer in the U.S.
Why do you lie?
A single payer system is not socialized medicine.
There are private clinics in Canada. You can go to them if you pay for it.