As reported by Democracy Now, May 17, 2007,

“… a new international study has ranked the United States health care system last among major rich countries even though the U.S. spends double what the average industrialized country spends on health care. The study by the Commonwealth Fund found that the U.S. ranked last in most areas, including access to health care, patient safety, timeliness of care, efficiency and equity. 45 million Americans, or 15 percent of the US population, have no health insurance.”

Thus if Canada’s quasi-public system is more affordable than the State’s private model, we must look towards the ideological motives behind Canada’s pursuit of health care privatization.

Upon completing his master's degree from in the UK, Steven Snell returned to Calgary to pursue working his way out of student poverty. He has since written articles for different newspapers and found work teaching immigrant youth and as a municipal affairs specialist for a wireless communications company. He is currently working on another novel as well as a children's story. Read other posts by Steven Snell.