"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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You do know that every "first world" country in the world except the
U.S.has universal health care, don't you?
No sense dwelling on 4.5M when the real number is many hundreds of
millions. None of those many countries are going bankrupt as far as I
know.

--Vic

There's a difference between simply "having" universal care and having
"good" universal care.
I haven't heard too many of our northern neighbors bragging about the
quality of their health care system.

Eisboch

Depends what's wrong with you.
Having a heart attack?... you're probably as well off up here as Stateside.
Need a knee or hip replacement........ be prepared to wait.
We have American visitors continually sending letters to our local paper
amazed at the quality of care they received while taken ill here.
(maybe they expected much worse)
As I see it, our system works pretty good most of the time but could be much
better if the federal gov't paid their fair share.
Small, poorer provinces with aging populations , like Nova Scotia, struggle
with the financial burden.
This is worstened by having the US next door offering much better
salaries/incomes for doctors, nurses and other health professionals.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Health_Act