You don't have to look to Canada. Just look at how screwed up MediCare is here in the US.

>I am for universal health care in this country. However, Canada's situation concerns me. I have read many stories about Canadians flying to the U.S. for medical treatment as well as the alarming number of Canadian surgeons moving to the U.S. to practice here.
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>Here are some:
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>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/03/20/health/main681801.shtml?cmp=EM8705
>http://newsbusters.org/blogs/scott-whitlock/2007/08/22/abc-glosses-over-fact-canadian-parents-flee-their-country-give-birth
>http://www.wockhardthospitals.net/news/canadian-patients.asp
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>Whose system really does work? I am not looking to start an argument about the Canadian health care system, or the one here, or even any in the EU. I'm looking for a system that really works. The military healthcare system works, but it is too expensive to become a model for the U.S.