Can I say: “I told you so” ?

February 28, 2006

Just as Michigan is contemplating state provided health care/retirement benefits, Canada, that bastion of Socialism and free-health care for all is realizing the glaring inequities in its supposedly egalitarian system. Now, I’m certainly not the first, and I won’t be the last to accuse Canada’s health-care system of being awful. But it’s nice again to see that where government provision fails, people find a way to get by.

I’m not going to take any further pot-shots at our neighbors to the North - but here’s a little roundup:

They’re talking about it over at Cafe Hayek, too. And I think I saw it posted today over at Division of Labor. As usual, Kip, Esquire offers concise, accurate analysis: “Rationing only hurts the poor.” The rich can still afford to go to NY or Minnessota to get their suregeries - elective or not.”


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