The "O" is sooo smart, he will save us.

Op-ed urges Obama to heed lessons learned from Canada's experience with government-run health insurance.
In an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal (2/9, A7, subscription required), Nadeem Esmail, director of Health System Performance Studies at Canada's Fraser Institute, suggests that the President and Congress examine "Canada's experience" as they inch "the US toward government-run health insurance." He asserts, "When individuals bear no direct responsibility for paying for their care, as in Canada, that care is rationed by waiting. Canadians often wait months or even years for necessary care." In 2005, the "Supreme Court of Canada found that Canadians suffer physically and psychologically while waiting for treatment in the public health care system, and that the government monopoly on essential health services imposes a risk of death and irreparable harm." Esmail argues that "the untold stories of" Canadian "citizens waiting a median of 17.3 weeks from mandatory general-practitioner referrals to treatment in 2008 show how miserable things can get when government is put in charge of managing health insurance," and he hopes that "Obama heeds the lessons that can be learned from Canadian hardships."


Blogger administrators note: Ya think that "when individuals bear no direct responsibility for paying" could apply to other aspects of life? Head long into Socialism the "O" way, get ready for some long lines.