The thing is, Americans generally don't hear anything from Canada, and they don't KNOW anything about Canada (ask your average American who the PM of Canada is, and trust me, they won't know), so everything most Americans have heard about the Canadian healthcare system has come from other Americans, so consequently they don't know shite about what they're spouting off about. Grr.
They're really not comparable, nor is it logistically possible for the US to consider adopting exactly the same system, not the least because we spend our biggest budget chunk on HC, and the US spends over 50% on the military. It has its problems, as do all systems, and to completely discredit or shove aside universal HC or Obama's plan or *~*~*SPARKLY SOCIALISM*~*~* because of one lady or 'omg wait times haven't you heard' is keeerazy.
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Date: 2009-07-29 04:10 am (UTC)They're really not comparable, nor is it logistically possible for the US to consider adopting exactly the same system, not the least because we spend our biggest budget chunk on HC, and the US spends over 50% on the military. It has its problems, as do all systems, and to completely discredit or shove aside universal HC or Obama's plan or *~*~*SPARKLY SOCIALISM*~*~* because of one lady or 'omg wait times haven't you heard' is keeerazy.