Commentary
The Alberta government’s proposal to allow surgeons to conduct operations outside the province’s health-care plan partially funded by the federal government is not only an excellent and humane decision in itself but further pries the lid off our terribly inadequate health-care system.
Many readers will remember the era approximately 40 years ago and extending for at least 20 years when Canadians actually purported in large numbers to believe that one of the defining characteristics of Canada as an independent country distinct from the United States was our superior health-care system. This was based on the theory that scores of millions of Americans received no health care at all, and in the event that they did receive health care, they would almost automatically be plunged into bankruptcy….