RK>  MS> Israel is just (another) example of how national health care 
RK> does
RK>  MS> (not) work over the _long-term_.  I could as easily have 
RK> referred to
RK>  MS> how Canada virtually shuts down nonemergency hospital care 
RK> toward the
RK>  MS> end of the fiscal year when it runs out of money, according to 
RK> Canadian
RK>  MS> nurses...or its waiting-list problems that effectively ration 
RK> care by
RK>  MS> keeping patients "on hold" until at least some of them die off 
RK> or get
RK>  MS> frustrated with the wait and come south to get care here at 
RK> their own
RK>  MS> expense. 
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RK> The Canadian system is run by the provinces. Your statement is not 
RK> true
RK> according to the many snowbird Ontarians that winter here.
    Who are almost a self-selected group of Ontarians who are affluent.
    Their "satisfaction" with Canada's single-payer system may have a lot to 
do with the fact that they are affluent enough to come here and thus avoid 
the waiting lists for nonemergency surgery!
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