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To: American Spirit who wrote (115802)	2/27/2008 11:26:47 AM
From: TideGlider	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 173976

CANADIANS HATE CANADIAN HEALTH CARE Last week, Maggie Mahar linked to a risible attempt to rehabilitate the reputation of Canada’s dysfunctional health care system. Mythbusting Canadian Health Care is really just a series of straw men that its author, Sara Robinson, makes a great show of knocking down, presumably in the hope that no one will notice her failure to address the real problems plaguing her country’s health care system. She does, however, admit the following: You can hear the bitching about it no matter where you live … grousing about health care is still unofficially Canada’s third national sport after curling and hockey. Unfortunately, that uncharacteristic note of candor is tainted by an utterly preposterous assertion about the depth of Canuck dissatisfaction: The percentage of Canadians who’d consider giving up their beloved system consistently languishes in the single digits. The London Free Press contains an article showing that the percentage of Canadians who express profound unhappiness with their health care system far exceeds “single digits”: More than two-thirds of Canadians think the health-care system needs major repairs or a complete overhaul, says a national poll that regularly gauges public attitudes on health. This sounds a little more serious than the kind of good-natured kvetching implied by the term “national sport.” And it’s not just the patients who are unhappy. Providers of care are deeply dissatisfied: Sixty-nine per cent of nurses felt the system needed significant change, while 62 per cent of doctors favoured ’some fairly major repairs.’ These kinds of percentages, combined with the increasing number of Canucks who come to the U.S. for medical treatment, suggest that the alleged superiority of Canadian health care is the real myth that needs to be “busted.” [HT Kevin, MD] Comments 13 healthcarebs.com Also see: Canadaonline Wait times canadaonline.about.com Canada has universal, no hassle, no wait, no problem health care.

To: American Spirit who wrote (115802)	2/27/2008 12:50:35 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 173976

Our health care system at least does not infect people with HIB and hepatitis for PC reasons.