I read it the same way: When she was growing up, Canada didn't have the socialist healthcare system it has today. Now they do.
But, her words will be twisted. I'm not a big fan of Palin, but she isn't treated fairly.
I agree with you completely.
Back in 1971, we lived in Youngstown, NY, right across the Niagara River from Canada. We traveled over an hour to a hospital in Hamilton, Ontario to have our fourth and last child, instead of a good hospital 15 minutes away from us just outside Niagara Falls.
Why? Because the hospital in Canada guaranteed that my husband could be in the delivery room to see his last child enter the world. No other hospital would do this at that time.
Would people consider me a hypocrite today for opposing the health care bill proposed? I would hope not, for if the situation were the same today, I would go to Canada again. All that “free choice” stuff, you know?