U.S. health care lies about Canada
| 4 June 2009 11:31 | No CommentAccording to Financial Post Editor Diane Francis:
“Universal health care is a cornerstone of smart economic policy…. Take, for example, the effect of guaranteed health care on economic activity, business expansion or the public’s sense of wellbeing. If a worker in Canada or Europe or Japan loses his or her job this recession, it’s a psychological and financial blow. But if an American loses his or her job, the family faces financial ruin if sickness strikes any member because they are without healthcare coverage. …Worse yet, if a major illness is diagnosed during unemployment, a worker becomes unemployable, bringing about a life sentence of poverty.”
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