I don’t really have an opinion on Canada, other than they need to keep Anne Murray from making more cheap compilation albums to sell on late-night TV.

Don’t believe me? Go overseas and ask people, if they could emigrate only once in their lives, if they would choose Canada or the USA.

Canada is awesome, but don’t get it twisted.

You get a tax bill to cover salaries, the cost of keeping the clinic building open, the great amount of electricity that an MRI machine runs on, etc.
Make no mistake about it…you pay for your medical care…unless your doctors don’t get an income.
Where did you think the money came from?

If the US had a Canadian-style system, there would be very little wait time…we have a great many more MRI machines down here, a side effect of our current system of competition.
We have lots of empty hospital beds and radiology facilities competing for patients (customers).
We have way more doctors practicing medicine here as well, that’s why they are allowed to advertise to drum up business.

Do you really think doctors, hospitals and other providers of medical services would be advertising if they had a two-month backlog of patients?

Contrary to what seems to be popular opinion, Americans are not without Government-sponsored health benefits. We’re not all sitting around waiting to die if we don’t have private insurance.
In the U.S., direct government funding of health care is limited to Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), which cover eligible senior citizens, the very poor, disabled persons, and children. The federal government also runs the Veterans Administration, which provides care to veterans, their families, and survivors through medical centers and clinics.
There are also many State and County programs we can turn to in a pinch.

We just don’t have a Single-Payer System across the board. That doesn’t mean we just let the disabled and the poor die in the streets.

For the Americans reading this, Canadian Tire is a store here, that gives out redeemable money. But only for that store. some places actually accept it for real money though… but only with special exceptions.

Also, don’t hate on Canada. We may not have a clear “identity” but we also aren’t known specifically for our stupidity. Glad to see your government getting some good press for a change…

Blame Canada
It seems that everything’s gone wrong
Since Canada came along
Blame Canada
Blame Canada

They’re not even a real country anyway