Even Canadian Politicians Come to U.S. for Healthcare ! ! !

Why scrap a system that works?

It might not work perfectly. It needs some tweaks, but it is the envy of the world....

Even in Canada, where they have "Free" HealthcareNewfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams is set to undergo heart surgery this week in the United States, according to CTV
Williams, 60, left the province earlier in the day and will have surgery later in the week.The premier’s office provided few details, beyond confirming that he would have heart surgery and saying that it was not necessarily a routine procedure.....

Dunderdale told NTV that Williams travelled to the U.S. for the surgery because it wasn't being offered to him in his home province.

OUTSOURCING HEALTH CARE... from Canada to US

Hospitals in border cities, including Detroit, are forging lucrative arrangements with Canadian health agencies to provide care not widely available across the border.
Agreements between Detroit hospitals and the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care for heart, imaging tests, bariatric and other services provide access to some services not immediately available in the province, said ministry spokesman David Jensen.
The agreements show how a country with a national care system -- a proposal not part of the health care changes under discussion in Congress -- copes with demand for care with U.S. partnerships, rather than building new facilities.......

Critics of a health care system like Canada's -- a publicly funded system that pays for medically necessary care determined by provinces -- often cite gaps in Canada's care to argue that the United States should not allow its current debate over health care to move it to a socialized system.

No plan currently under discussion in Congress calls for a universal plan like Canada's, but opponents fear socialized medicine, anyway.
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Steve Crowder on Canadian Health.

HUGE WAITS. $900 Bills. 3 Years to get Doctor?