“the veterans (VA) health care system (which is often rated as the best in the U.S.), Canada’s single-payer system (better health quality statistics than the U.S. at a lower cost), and, yes, France which has the No. 1 rating for health quality statistics in the world.”
Yet mysteriously, ardent single payer advocate Ted Kennedy didn’t fly either to France or Canada to get brain surgery. Nor did he even go to the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda (even though as a member of Congress, he was entitled to get free care there). Instead, he went to a private teaching hospital right here in the U.S. because he knew where the best medical care in the world could be obtained. Come to think of it, can anyone name even 1 member of Congress who has elected to go to France or Canada for major surgery rather than the U.S.?
Actions speak louder than words.