The Other Club has written extensively about health care in Canada (see below). So much in fact, that the story earlier this month about Newfoundland Premier (Governor) Danny Williams coming to the United States for heart surgery seemed like same old, same old.
The comparable story, from a US perspective, might be that the Governor of Mississippi went to India for heart surgery.
Premier Williams came here for a heart operation he could not get in Newfoundland. We don’t know if he could have had the operation somewhere else in Canada. Probably he could, but we do know he chose not to.
In any case, he’s been attacked in Canada for this choice. You can see where it might be embarrassing to a culture heavily dependent upon their health care system for a sense of moral superiority.
Williams’ defense? “I did not sign away my right to get the best possible health care for myself when I entered politics.” It’s “my heart, my choice and my health.” Hear, hear.
This seems to be a story worth noting as President Obama unveils his new plan to destroy Premier Williams’ future health care choices. Without the US, where would he have gone?
IAC, thanks to Jason Gillman for pointing this press release out at Americans for Limited Government.
Following are most of the posts from TOC on the topic of Canadian health care, which has been held up to us as a goal. I put them together because TOC has always contended we can learn something from Canada, and most of these posts depend upon Canadian sources.
Monday, April 04, 2005
Canadian Health Care. You’ll Get Old Just Waiting.
Thursday, June 16, 2005
45 Million Myths
Thursday, June 30, 2005
Medicine Cabinet Minister
Monday, July 11, 2005
Brave New World meets Animal Farm
Thursday, July 14, 2005
You don’t always get what you pay for
Thursday, August 11, 2005
Canada: 3 Examples, 1 Point
Monday, August 15, 2005
Pollyanna Preposterous?
Thursday, August 18, 2005
Ob-Gyns with 10 Month Waiting Lists
Saturday, April 22, 2006
Universal Health Care Update
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
The cost of free health care
Friday, May 05, 2006
Free health care
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Socialist health care
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Previewing Hillarycare
Friday, December 15, 2006
Socialized health care choices
Saturday, December 23, 2006
Lessons from Canada
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
…every other advanced country
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Waiting for Trudot
Thursday, August 09, 2007
SCHIP of Fools
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Human gestation period surprises Canadian health administrators
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Support the system. Game the system. It’s all OK, eh?
Monday, January 21, 2008
Andragogy Canada
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Obama; Needs time in Canadian Instructional League?
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Canada is telling us something
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Health care lotteries, a Canadian growth industry
Monday, August 25, 2008
Universal health care
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Safety valve endangered
Thursday, June 04, 2009
Lessons from Canada???
Monday, June 22, 2009
Canada: health care rationing review
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Canada: health care wait times
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Health care notes
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Canadians criticize Canadian health care wait times
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Canadian analysis
Monday, August 03, 2009
Canadian counterpoint
“…intractable Canadian health-care problems”
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Message from the President of the Canadian Medical Association
Friday, August 21, 2009
Surgery panels
Friday, September 04, 2009
Reimbursement panels panel
Saturday, September 26, 2009
The View from Dromore
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Anecdotes
Friday, October 30, 2009
Canada Health Care – Recent News. And some from here, too.
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