[originalbuckeye]

I had a friend years ago that married a Canadian hockey player. They spent the summers in Alberta. She remembered that the local radio stations were frequently urging the parents to come pick up their kids at the clinic. Many people used the clinics as babysitting services.

[Nathan Zachary]

I'm a dual citizen. I've lived and worked all my life in Canada until recently. I wouldn't take my dog to a Canadian hospital ER. Seriously, vets offer better animal care in Canada than you get at some hospitals. In remote places "free health care" consists of a clinic staffed with a couple nurses. NO doctor at all! Finally I got tired of maintaining my house in Canada and paying outrageous taxes I sold it and live permanently on the USA side of the border. I aways had to use the US medical system anyways if I wanted to see a doctor imediately. In Canada even getting into seeing a doctor to tell him you think something is wrong can take 6 months. Then it takes another 6 months to see the specialist he refers you to, then another 6 months to get an MRI or what ever tests needed, then another 6 months to book surgery... It really sucks.

And people want that here? What fools. If they only knew the B.S. Micheal Moore is pedaling will end up killing them. You can bet that fat retard wouldn't wait in line for the Canadian health care system when his heart gets tired of hauling his lard around.

Even medicaid is 10 times better than Canadian health care.

[ClaireSolt]

My daughter dted a young man who billed for a doc. There was a lonely old Medicare patient who came every day, and he billed every day. It was her social life. Around here the docs have lots of ways of gaming the system with lots of visits and expensive procedures. I call it the Medicare money machine.