30 years ago I was a young college student from the states going to school in Canada. I had a severe case of tonsilitis-so I was referred to a Canadian ?doctor? who diagnosed my problem as a problem with my appentics. He truly wanted to operate on me and bill my parents in the states. I said “no thanks” and went home and had a local g.p. take care of my tonsils. The Canadian doc was a new recruit from Hong Kong-known as Dr.Death at my school.The good Canadian doctors were desperate to get to the states and they had plenty of ??doctors?? from other countries happy to practice on unhappy Canadians.There were long waits and not many happy people. My friends who are in Canada tell me that if Michael Moore found a hospital or doctor’s office that has only a 45 minute wait, they want to move there.They also go to a US hospital if it is a highly technical procedure and pay for the use of a good man. Their taxes are very,very high and there are no choices for the most part.We were just in Quebec and taxes were 8% on top of 13% and that was for a motel room!!!Canadians pay this also.Please,we need help for our uninsured in America, but don’t let anyone “dumb down” our excellent healthcare.
