Friday, December 02, 2005

Still think Hillary-Care is a good idea?

Michael Moore went to Canada (and if we'd had better luck he would have stayed there) and promoted their state run health care system. Maybe he ought to rethink the idea.

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The main opposition Conservative Party, regularly accused of planning to scrap Canada's creaking publicly-funded healthcare system, promised on Friday to cut wait times for treatment if elected, but stressed it would not create a parallel private network.

The Conservatives -- bidding to end 12 years of Liberal rule in the January election -- have had great trouble persuading Canadians that they want to improve rather than kill off the national medicare system.

Medicare gives Canadians the right to free medical treatment. Although it swallows close to C$90 billion a year in public funds, waiting times are growing and there are increasingly serious shortages of family doctors and nurses.


Granted there are a lot of problems with our system, but having the government run it certainly won't help. I think a PJ O'Rourke quote will fit nicely here: "If you think medical care is expensive now, just wait to see what it costs when it's free."