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Neil Young is one more example of a famous Canadian who has chosen to schedule his health care procedure in the U.S.

Here are two more examples:

http://www.independent.org/publications/article.asp?id=1201

When Robert Bouressa, the Premier of Quebec, had to have his potentially lethal skin cancer treated, he quickly beat a path to the United States and paid for the treatment at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland.

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,132785,00.html

Government planners control monetary costs by shifting non-monetary costs on to patients. The system then prohibits Canadians from avoiding those non-monetary costs by paying out of pocket for their care, unless they leave the country.

That’s exactly what former champion figure skater Audrey Williams did. After waiting two years for a hip replacement in Vancouver, B.C., she traveled to Washington State and paid $25,000 to stop the pain.

“I couldn’t wait any longer,” the 71-year-old Williams told the National Post. She could barely walk, wasn’t getting enough sleep, and pain pills had upset her stomach. “I wanted a life.”