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I'll admit that I don't understand US politics and your health care system, most of what I know comes through the media and what people have experienced themselves and related to me. We do have some private care in things like dental and physical therapy, which we can pay for as we use it, or carry insurance to cover the same. Doctor visits and hospital stays and services are covered by taxpayers. What I don't understand is how the riches and most powerful country in the world can not treat their citizens as well or better than say,

Cuba. Is it because everything must be profit oriented? I don't believe health care should be profit oriented, making profit on people's misery. Of course the health insurance is a spinoff industry that employs many people and makes millions for shareholders which pay tax on earnings. Then there are the lawyers that are involved one way or the other, not to mention Doctors and hospitals that make millions and pay tax, hummm, maybe your governments have a good thing going there. Not responsible for health care cost but make billions off people and companies that are responsible for health care cost.

Maybe I should not be concerned what happens in the US, but what happens in the US has a way of spilling over into Canada, like this Doctor trying to feather his own nest by changeling our system that most people in Canada favour over the US system. If he wins, watch out for the insurance companies moving in too. Poor and even middle class people that can't afford insurance will be rated as second class citizens in our own country. The Doctors and specialist that figure they are a step above the average, will be setting up private practices that are out of reach of all but the rich and powerful, or the well insured.

I know the US pride themselves as being the best and having the best in most everything, and sometimes that is true, but not always, especially when taking care of the most vulnerable amongst you. Survival of the fittest works in the animal world. but should not be the criteria of the human world. Taking care of people that can't take care of themselves, should be a human value we should aim for.