Socialized medicine through out the world has the following characteristics: • It leads to delays where, as in the case of Canada, patients wait for 17 weeks on average from the time a general practitioner indicates that something is wrong until one visits a specialist; • It leads to rationed care, where people not only wait for years for things such as hip replacements, but often find themselves forced to pay for such out of their own pockets in foreign countries; • It has a negative effect on mortality rates, as we see those who suffer from certain diseases such...