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Public healthcare is a cornerstone of Canadian national identity, in part because we recognize how bad the American system is. There are always ideologues who a
by gamble 16y ago
Public healthcare is a cornerstone of Canadian national identity, in part because we recognize how bad the American system is. There are always ideologues who are inspired to emulate the American system, but they never get any traction with the electorate because healthcare privatization is the third rail of Canadian politics.
If Canadians move to the US it's in spite of the American healthcare system. I've never heard of anyone emigrating because they thought it was an attraction.
- leot 16y agoIn fairness, as a Canadian living in the US, if I were really rich I might move here because of the quality of healthcare I could get. This doesn't mean the system does the greatest good for the greatest number (by any stretch). The US is easily the best country in the world in which to be rich.
- gamble 16y agoPossibly. I have to believe that Donna Dubinsky is pretty well off, and she still had complaints about American healthcare. The minute number of people who are able to chance paying seven-figure medical bills out of pocket might enjoy the US system, but I doubt that group encompasses even a majority of 'rich' Americans, by any reasonable definition.