[jerod]

Yes... I am a proud Canadian and I’ve never had a problem with my health care, but I’ve been told many sad tales from people who have received crappy health care.

And when KC Irving was on his death bed, he was at the Boston General Hospital, not the Saint John Regional Hospital.

Let’s face it, if you’re rich you go south. If you’re not, you just wait around a lot more.

[ClaireSolt]

Capitalists see those problem preganncies as a money making opportunity and gladly expand to take advantage of it. But socialists see them aqs competing for scarce resources. One thing I learned by watching and listening when I visited Cqanada a few summers ago is that politicians cannot be trusted to run anything, because they are always looking for and responding to whatever is new and sexy. They don't keep their eye on the ball the same way customer service minded managers must in a competitive environment.

When I was there, the people of Ontario were furious to find out that the pols had completely run their utility into the ground to keep promising cheap hydro. Why? Because they wanted to spend the money on some new, exciting initiative. Now that would not be MRI machines. 80% of those recommended for MRI died before their names came up on the waiting lists. (A capitalist hospital would eagerly get an MRI and brag about it to attract more customers.)

It seemed to me that one of ther top; priorities was chauffer driven limos for ministers. I was only there a month, but looking at their politicians helped me see our own more clearly. Government should stick to regulation and not try to run businesses.

[wideminded]

When the rich in Canada need health care, they go to the states.

I've been thinking about your comments and it struck me that of course the US health care system is the best if money is no object. The problem is that for the other 99% of people, coming up with the money to pay for the soaring cost of health care is a very serious concern.

[thinking]

A friend of mine, who lived up in Newfoundland, his wife had breast cancer, as he was well connected with the local governments, within hours of the diagnoses she was in a cancer clinic in New York....