the following article outlines two items of interest. one, Canadians would be glad to get it at ANY price, and two, U.S. insurers are working in cahoots with U.S. hospitals to keep prices artificially inflated. the system is working.

http://www.i2i.org/main/article.php?article_id=1816

and get a big LOAD of this......(following article is not for Canadians, U.S. based people only, please)

http://freemarketcure.com/