[canuck_conservative]

It's really horrible.

If you have to go the hospital with something "non-essential", you could be waiting 6, 10, 12 hours. There also tons of horror stories about patients having to wait 6-8 months (or longer) for a life-saving operation.

And stop this garbage about medical care in Canada being free. You HAVE TO be on your province's Medical Service Plan to get it; and they charge a substantial monthly fee. Hardly "free"!

[joesbucks]

I guess I simply don't understand. I work for a Canadian company that owns a US subsidiary that I work for. Every person I meet I ask about the health care system and the horror stories. Not a single person is unhappy with the health care system and tell us the horror stories they hear about ours. I'm not talking about just floor workers,......I'm speaking of all walks of life from guys and gals on the floor to the executive office.