Fair request on hard data. I don't have it and don't want to suggest this is a well-researched point on my part by simply Googling some random report. I was go

Fair request on hard data. I don't have it and don't want to suggest this is a well-researched point on my part by simply Googling some random report. I was going off comments from some post-doc friends who immigrated to the US because they said medical research funding here is much better than elsewhere. (As an aside I think some replies to my comment misunderstood my point. I believe government insurance is highly appropriate for a good like healthcare. Just that it's not without it's downsides and being Canadian I've seen those first-hand).