Just reading through the comments, and I wanted to jump in to let you know that your friend is mistaken. The single-payer system in Canada pays for almost all medical procedures other than optometry, dentistry, or those procedures that are purely cosmetic. The Canada Health Act require universal coverage for all medically necessary services and procedures offered in hospitals or by physicians, without regard to age, health, or financial circumstances. Private fundraising is almost never an option, as most clinics and hospitals in Canada are barred from accepting private payments for services (although this varies slightly from province to province).

Essentially all serious medical problems in Canada are covered by the government, and the only scenario in which your friend's baby would not have recieved care is if the hospital she was delivering in didn't have adequate resources. In those types of cases, the Canadian government sends patients to the United States, on the government tab.

Just wanted to clarify that, as it seems to be something that comes up from time to time.