I would be surprised if any country gave doctors blank checks for everything since no one has unlimited resources. There most likely is a system for figuring out where waste is happening and avoiding it.
Yes, but it's generally done on a national level. The waste in the American system is the requirement for an extra 73 rounds of paperwork for every interaction with the medical system.
I can't speak for all of Canada since health care is handled at he provincial level, but I think most provinces don't cover prescriptions except for the young and elderly, and even then prices are capped anyway.
https://www.reddit.com/r/pharmacy/comments/oekhrp/curious_ab...
I would be surprised if any country gave doctors blank checks for everything since no one has unlimited resources. There most likely is a system for figuring out where waste is happening and avoiding it.