In a previous article, Lynn Melrose said:
Busloads of Americans coming to the border to save some bucks on drugs
sound a lot better than the busloads of Canadians going South to get
timely badly needed medical care, due to long waiting lines at government
run hospitals back home. [Wall Street Journal 7/23/02 "Socialized
medicine is a real headache."]

The Canadians coming south are queue jumpers who don't want to
wait their turn for non-emergency care. My dad had a heart attack a few
years ago and had two CAT scans and an MRI and surgery within 6 hours.
And his cardiac surgeon was the same guy who was featured on an episode of
NOVA many years ago for his innovative rehabilitation techniques (a group
of his patients were shown running the Ironman Triathlon in Hawaii).

There is nothing wrong with the Canadian system that couldn't be cured by
spending as much per person as the US system does. There is nothing wrong
with the US "system" that couldn't be cured by burning a few insurance
company bean counters and their bought politicians at the stake.

--
Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
It might not be practical, it might not be a good idea, but it could work.
Sort of like Windows.
-- berry