Wasilla certainly isn’t “near” the Canadian border. Nor is Anchorage. And where would she “sneak” to? Inuvik? Maybe it was in Skagway, when she was a tiny tot?
Also, how old was she? This was evidently when she was a child. Five years old? Ten years old? What, not yet a staunch conservative, who refused to touch nationalized health care?
Good grief. Blame her dad for not being rich.
She lived in Skagway, AK. as a kid (population < 1000) and the closest 'City' to Skagway is Whitehorse, Canada -- (population 20,000+). Skagway has a small clinic, and for such a small community, probably no full-time doctor. Whitehorse, with a population 20 times as great, has a fully equipped general hospital.
Whitehorse is 100 miles from Skagway. You can drive it in your own car, or take a train. There are no roads or railroads between Skagway and Juneau. The only way to get from one to the other is either by air, or by boat -- approx 100 miles down the inner channel.
Which do you think is fastest and cheapest way to go? Palin lived there in the 1960s before Canada had socialized health care, and anyone could go to a doctor or hospital and pay the bill out of their own pocket. Where do you think people would go if they needed more than what a simple clinic could provide? Back in those days, they could go across the border and pay cash for their treatment. Today, they can't