More outcry in Canada:

While I realize that there are problems with the American system, as a Canadian I would far prefer it to the “universal” Canadian system.

Commenting on the Canadian health-care system, Justice Deschamps of the Supreme Court of Canada said (in a case that split evenly on whether a prohibition on private health care violated the right to “life, liberty and security of the person” under the Canadian Constitution):

“Some patients die as a result of long waits for treatment in the public system when they could have gained prompt access to care in the private sector.” (See Chaoulli v. Quebec (Attorney General), [2005] 1 S.C.R. 791 at paragraph 37)”