I'm a Canadian in the process of immigrating to the U.S. and I can tell you that health care in Canada is abysmal. With respect to the elderly as a voting block, tell your senior friends that my grandmother had a stroke in Canada. She waited in a hospital bed for 2 years for therapy. She died before any happened. That's the price for socialized medicine. No direct out of pocket expenses, but no professional care is provided in a timely manner.
Secondly, Canadians are so brainwashed by the mantra of universal health care that the mere mention of any form of user fees (co-pays, deductibles, etc.) creates a public outrage. The many Canadian philosophy, even believed by many conservatives, is that health care is a fundamental right and should not be a profit making enterprise. No one should get more benefits because they have more money. The Canadian system is the great, human equalizer where everyone gets the exact same care with no special provisions for the wealthy. THey need to suffer like the working poor. ANything else would be blatantly unfair.
I don't believe that cr@p, but it is the cornerstone of Canadian thinking. Don't ever let it happen here!
I knew a girl whose father developed the very first helicopter "life flight" medical evac program in North America. This was in Toronto. in the 70's
He had hoped he could have capitalized on it. But as soon as he had it operational, the Canadian Government took it over. He was penniless.
Just another example of Socialism at work. Doctors and patients will not be the only medical area affected by Kerry's health plan.
"The Canadian system is the great, human equalizer where everyone gets the exact same care with no special provisions for the wealthy. THey need to suffer like the working poor. "
Canadians who have the money don't suffer, they head south for medical treatment.