Originally Posted by james t kirk

I find the first article kind of funny.

My take on it is "if healthcare in the US was "free" (note to the writer, it's not "free", it's universal) then there wouldn't be enough health care to go around. Because Americans have to pay for health care, and not all of them can afford it, then there is enough health care to go around for those of us who can afford it"

Nice one.

Also, the bit about the elderly somehow not getting enough health care in Canada because why waste resources on them is my favourite bit. When my father was in the hospital, the guy across from him in the room was an older Italian guy who could barely speak english. He was in his mid 70's and had cancer and it was terminal. He wasn't in the hospital for cancer treatment (he had already had that). He was in there because while he was home, he slipped and fell and broke his hip and they were doing a hip replacement.

Now here's a guy who's in his mid 70's, is suffering from cancer and they do a hip replacement anyway. Pretty cold system eh.