"Alan Minyard" wrote in message
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On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 18:43:51 GMT, "Ed Majden" wrote:


"Tarver Engineering"
Canadians have "free healthcare" @ $1500 a month instead.

Heathcare is far from free! Just check our income tax rates. At
least
in Canada everyones in the same boat and is covered. Your not turned
away
at the door if you don't have a healthy bank account or credit card. You
won't get any support in Canada if you try and tamper with our medicare
system. We spend less per capita on Medicare than you do in the USA
under
your system. Anyway, this doesn't have much to do with a military
aviation
newsgroup, does it!

No, it doesn't, but one quick note, it is illegal for any health care
provider in the
US to refuse to treat someone for an acute condition. And we do not have
long waiting lists for procedures.

The fantasy of "free healthcare" in Canada disadvantaging Military spending
in Canada.

There is always the issue of guns, or butter. The other posters might want
to note that it is medicare costs that Greenspan identified as the real near
term problem for the US budget. Canada is just a little farther down that
timeline than the US.