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To: koan who wrote (775777)	3/19/2014 11:15:02 PM
From: i-node	2 Recommendations Recommended By d[-_-]b FJB Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578363

>> Canadians love their health insurance (86%) and everyone is covered. Stop with the meaningless comparisons to other countries already. If you want to have this argument first you have to explain why, as I pointed out previously, a program that works well in Japan doesn't work in Great Britain or Taiwan. After you resolve that we can talk about which attributes will and won't translate well to an American system. The comparisons with other countries was propaganda aimed at idiots who have to analytical ability.

To: koan who wrote (775777)	3/19/2014 11:32:50 PM
From: average joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578363

Canadians love their health insurance (86%) and everyone is covered. It isn't bad but is sort of a lowest common denominator thing. It helps to know your doctor on a personal basis and you can get a good level of treatment. Surgical intervention is certainly not equal across the country the best being in Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver. Smaller centers have trouble attracting or keeping doctors and most of our doctors are immigrants from Pakistan, India and South Africa. Canadian trained doctors tend to go to the US or areas that pay better. Diagnostic medicine in Canada is about on the same level as Cuba but when they know what to treat they are quite good at it. Impossible in Canada to sue a doctor even for gross negligence.