On 19-Feb-2005, Scott Weiser wrote:

Doctors to the left of me, doctors to the right... and not one of them
underpaid.

Compared to US doctors? Please. That's one thing that socialized medicine
absolutely cannot match.

If a doctor is Canada is underpaid, he has no one to blame but himself.
Doctors in Canada are not, as you seem to fantasize, employees of the
state. They are self-employed. They do whatever work they please
and send in their bills. Just like doctors in the US. There are also
procedures and services that are not covered by medical insurance -
just like in the US. The only difference is that in the US, insurance
is for-profit, in Canada, it is not-for-profit and is run by the
government.

Mike