Canada's ObamaCare Precedent

Wall Street Journal by David Gratzer | Jun. 9, 2009 (Opinion)
Governments always ration care by making you wait. That can be deadly.

Ironically, as the U.S. is on the verge of rushing toward government health care, Canada is reforming its system in the opposite direction. In 2005, Canada's supreme court struck down key laws in Quebec that established a government monopoly of health services. Claude Castonguay, who headed the Quebec government commission that recommended the creation of its public health-care system in the 1960s, also has second thoughts. Last year, after completing ... Full Story »

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3.8
 by Kelly Garrett - Jun. 9, 2009

This is a good opinion piece, but should not be confused with careful journalism. The author clearly articulates one critique of the proposal to reform healthcare in the U.S. This is not a fair assessment of alternatives -- for example, it does not consider counterarguments -- but the view is clearly spelled out and it is supported with a reasonable body of evidence.

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