He goes on to say, "The Canadian medical system amounts to moronic policy
and has become a liability to health."

Right on Vincent! Yet more proof that socialized medicine is a very bad
thing.

And we all know, of course, that Vincent Carrol of the Rocky Mountain News
is known worldwide as an expert on healthcare issues and Canadian healthcare
in particular ;-)

Re V. Carrol... I did not know that : I do know that the land mass
sserved ny The Canadian system is as a country one of the largest in
the world.
I don't delude myself into thinking I will get the same health care as
our prime minister, but I know that insurance has a better return for
investment than the lotery. ( that being from the bookies side, in this
case our government )
I will give you an insurance health care scenario,,, Mine.
A smalll accident last year injured my neck and shoulder. The other guy
rear ended me as i was stopped. He was in a large van and I had a VW
Golf. ( Tidy smack )
I have health coverage ( Section B ) in my car. I have Blue Cross for
drugs ( Company program )
I am in physio , Massage and now Chyro.
Before the guy that hit me pays a cent I have to run down my Blue
Cross. Then my own section B then his section B then his liability cuts
in.
I am right now out about $1,000 CDN for physio because I paid for it
and I have not jumped through all the hoops for Blue Cross which has
long since run out.
For simple medical expenses ( That have NEVER been used before this) I
pay for Blue Cross, Section B, Car insurance with full coverage andthe
guy that hit me has Secttion B so we have paid for 4 levels of
insurance for a band aid. The paper is worth more than the medical
help.
Private sector is largely insurance based and private clinics cherry
pick the procedures they are willing to do, Insurance companies cherry
pick the clients they take on, Clinics hire doctors for proffitability
what is left in a publicly in a private sector based system may not be
that good.
I may be wrong. But I am intitled top be wrong headed the odd time. : )

NDK and P & H make some fine kayaks though .