rick: clearly apologies don't work with you. Are you that angry and
that bitter?

You've been on about jingoistic breast-beating etc, so I thought I'd
come clean.

There are problems with the Canadian healthcare system. There are
escalating costs. There are localized shortages. There are areas of
inefficiency.

And, there is an on-going national dialogue about how to deal with
these issues.

Some, like the Fraser Institute you seem keen on citing, point to the
American model as the one to emulate. Now I suspect Canadians might be
persuaded to go this route if it looked like a better system.
Unfortunately, that does not appear to be the case. On most major
health metrics (infant mortality, life expectancy, etc etc), the USA
does not show well. Then, on measures of cost, the USA does
particularly poorly. From an efficiency perspective, the American
system thus really sucks -- higher costs get you lower results.

Please, rick, why would any sane person (nation) opt for the American
system? Oh, yeah, of course, the answer is obvious: rather than wait a
couple of days for my MRI, I can get one within the hour. Of course,
that trumps everything else!

Further, it appears your system can't reconcile prices with quantity (a
fundamental for a free economy) -- high prices for doctors has not lead
to increased quantity (and subsequent lower prices). This would seem to
be a huge flaw that needs ironing out. Scott Weiser seems unable to
exlain this. rick, perhaps you're up to the task.

Eagerly anticipating your retort,
frtzw906