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No, I've never been to Canada.
I know Canada is a lot like the U.S. in many other ways.
But it's wrong for Canada to make it illegal for people to spend their own money on helaht care. As the New York Times article stated, Canada is the only industrialized country that does that.
This is the result. This proves that the policy is evil and horrible:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,132785,00.html
September 18, 2004
Government planners control monetary costs by shifting non-monetary costs on to patients. The system then prohibits Canadians from avoiding those non-monetary costs by paying out of pocket for their care, unless they leave the country.
That’s exactly what former champion figure skater Audrey Williams did. After waiting two years for a hip replacement in Vancouver, B.C., she traveled to Washington State and paid $25,000 to stop the pain.
“I couldn’t wait any longer,” the 71-year-old Williams told the National Post. She could barely walk, wasn’t getting enough sleep, and pain pills had upset her stomach. “I wanted a life.”
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