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(*Except when it’s saving my life.)
Doesn’t exactly transfer to Canada, though I am sure there are plenty of Glenn Beck conspiracy theorists here who believe universal health care is the foul work of the Illuminati under the guidance of the communo-socio-nazi-fascists (or vice versa), even as they’re getting their angioplasties and complaining about the food.
But did you ever notice the guys who rail against health care in Canada tend to be those who, in the event, would have the resources for gold-plated health insurance?
What happens with the revised system in the U.S. remains to be seen. So far, however, they’ve been doing rather badly with life-expectancy rankings in decline relative to other countries. A Columbia University study suggests that the reason is the US health system. This is not a system to mimic. http://www.world-science.net/othernews/101009_expectancy.htm