I have several Canadian friends and they've all told me that they never understood the price of healthcare until they had to take their dog to the vet. They al

I have several Canadian friends and they've all told me that they never understood the price of healthcare until they had to take their dog to the vet. They all pay for it, of course, during the course of their lives, but they don't ever have to worry about not having access to it or being bankrupted for it. The medical industry hates this, of course, because it means that hospitals can't charge $2 for an aspirin that can be bought 100 to a bottle for less.