As a Canadian living in Europe I have experience of both state and privatized medical care. Attacks against Obama’s effort to drag American healthcare screaming and kicking into the 20th century – yes I said 20th – consistently fail to address two key points.

One: publicly funded health care systems such as Canada’s cost ONE HALF as much as the current American system.

Two: Canadian life expectancy is in fact HIGHER with public health care, then the laughably corrupt system the author defends here.

Conclusion: Canadian public health care does a better job for half the money.

In all the fearmongering and jawdropping ignorance around this issue I have yet to come across a single critic who acknowledges the above points. Instead, since their position has no REASONABLE arguments to support it, they consistently edit out key data such as the above and seek to sway the debate with appeals to irrational fears.

I think the term is ‘demagoguery’?

C’mon, Mr.Kimball, I dare ya! Do you have ANYTHING to say to these two points? Or will you continue to rely on manipulative fact-lite emotional appeals to establish realworld policy with implications for the lives of millions?

Like I said, the 20th century is waiting.