Both Americans and Canadians are eying each other’s health system:
“Canadians traveling to the U.S. for care are doing this because they can’t get timely care in Canada and they are concerned about their health risks. They are prepared to pay and the U.S. seems close to home’ and has a good clinical reputation,”says Copeman. “On the other hand, individuals leaving the U.S. for health care simply want to save money, since the cost of U.S. care is very high relative to most countries.”
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Why don’t we just do a citizenship exchange?
Maybe it’s like the old commercial with the peanut butter and the jelly running around until they bump into one another and wind up in the same jar.
Is there any reason why the two systems have to be mutually exclusive?
No, except for the fact that a lot of Americans (including many visitors on this site, and I think Kevin too) would in no way support paying for the healthcare of all citizens. That would take away some of their money. (Or so the reasoning goes…)
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