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Canada spends only $3,165 per capita on health care, compared to over $7,000 per capita in the United States.
Source: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
I dont care, Im happy with my healthcare and see no need to change it. Why is it that the wealthy in Canada seem to come here for BETTER healthcare, but americans never go there?
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The life expectancy in Canada is three years longer than in the United States.
Source: World Health Organization
We live in a free country where people are free to be fat, lazy and free to live their life as unhealthy as they want. I would like to see the statistics for life expectency of people in this country who eat well, are in shape, dont smoke, use drugs or drink. Because that is the statistic that would matter to me.
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The infant mortality rate in Canada is 5.0 per thousand, compared with 7.0 per thousand in the United States.
Source: World Health Organization
Again, I would like to see that statistic broken up and catagorized. What is the infant mortality rate of babies born to parents in this country who actually care about their kids enough to provide health insurance compared to the parents who have many kids they CANT afford. Because that is the statistic that would matter to me.
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24 percent of Americans did not seek medical care because of cost, compared to 5 percent in Canada.
Good reason to work hard and EARN insurance.
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There are nearly 50 million Americans without health insurance, compared with none in Canada.
Source: Centers for Disease Control
Accourding to the Census, 1/3 of the people in this country who dont have health insurance make 50K a year or more. Another 1/3 are immigrants. These TRUTHS right there show that health insurance is a CHOICE. Here we go with FREEDOM again. In a free country people are FREE not to choose health insurance. Many young people today would rather go out to the bar every weekend than choose health insurance. Face it, no matter how cheap you make health insurance, millions will simply choose to be stupid and not purchase it.
The rest is just the same thing over and over. Quite simple: If you think Canada is a better healthcare system, you are welcome to move there. Funny that canadians who move here from there seem to tell a different story. In fact the woman recruiter who sits beside me is from Canada and she laughs at statistics like these. She is happy to live in the GREATEST country in the world and she is very happy with our SUPERIOR healthcare system.