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Originally Posted by Charlatan
I've said it before. Our system, though flawed, provides service to 100% of our population for less than the US system that doesn't even provide the same level of service (i.e. millions go without coverage).
I have never bought into the belief that private can always do something better than public. All I have to do is look at the rolling blackouts of California (I'm talking about Enron and their ilk here). There are other examples.
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The rolling blackouts were in large part caused by the government regulations. Utilities are VERY heavily regulated from the EPA to costs and are a very poor example to use as 'government' doing a better job than private.
But you are correct, Canadians spend less of their GDP on health care and it is 100% coverage. So its cheaper (perhaps you get what you pay for comes to mind here) and you spend less of a % of your national production on it, but you spend more per household via taxes to do it. Thats not win-win, thats lose lose.