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Originally Posted by 10fords
How is he a selfish dickwad by wanting to get the best care available to him? If he wanted it for free that would be a different story. You apparently missed the irony of someone with socialized healthcare going elsewhere for his treatment= socialized medicine is not the wonderful system we are being told it will be.
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I would never begrudge anyone health care they can afford. The US health care system may, in fact, be the best in the world - if you have money.
If I had a serious condition and could spare $1 million for its treatment, I guess there might be a few hospitals in other nations as good as or maybe better here and there than US hosptals - Britain, Germany, France, Japan - but I don't imagine any will be significantly better.
But most people don't have those sort of funds and, of course, medical debt is the leading cause of personal bankruptcy. Canada's system could well be better for the middle and lower classes.