Canada - A Good Role Model For Health Care In The United States ??

Is Canada a good model for health care here inprovinces continues to grow faster on average,
the United States?than total revenues from all sources - including the
You be the judge.large Canadian federal government transfers of
Even in Canada Health care costs have reachedfunds from the wealthy provinces of Ontario in
the "tipping point".the industrial heartland , British Columbia (B.C.) with
Recent research indicates the cold , hardits mineral and forestry industries and Alberta with
economic reality that even in Canada with itsits oil wealth . These Canadian Federal
informal subsidizes of defense costs by the goodGovernment fund transfers serve to transfer
old USA is having trouble to fund its sc called allfunds from the wealthier "Have" provinces to the
inclusive health care system that many liberalless fortunate "Have Not" provinces in the hope
Americans beg to copy without full and thoroughof standardizing living standards and health care
investigation.service levels across the country.
Up in our "Neighbor to the North" Canadians areHealth care in Canada is taking an ever increasing
reaching the limit of both what taxpayers canshare of all revenues over time, leaving
afford to pay as well as reduced access to healthproportionately less money for everything else.
care and ever longer waiting times.Public health care spending in six of the ten
Of course there is only so much money in theprovinces is on pace to consume more than half
pot and other essential social services are seeingof total revenues by the year 2020 , two thirds
funding cuts.by the year 2035 and all of the provincial
It is generally not appreciated that Canadians haverevenues by 2050.
almost had an emergency escape valve of theAnd even this analysis's the Institute notes is
option of "Going South "if things get rough or toobeing generous with assumptions.
slow in their medical treatments.Projections of future revenue growth are actually
The humorous part according to Las Vegas basedoverestimated because in many of the provinces
health care analyst M. Labovitch is that the peoplerecent growth revenue is a result of increasing
with the power and influence in Canada don'ttax burdens.
publicize or push for changes when things are hardCanadians pay to start with a national federal tax
as they have automatically used this southern(G.S.T.) of 7 % in addition of provincial sales taxes
option which what they consider is both higherwhich range from zero provincial sales taxes in oil
quality and speedier medical treatment.rich Alberta of which the US are the main
Indeed Labovitch notes from Vegas that theconsumers to almost 11 % in Prince Edward
situation is so apparent and flagrant that whenIsland.
high profile Canadian leaders and politicians andAnd in addition there are a myriad of hidden and
their families have serious illnesses that needincidental taxes. This is in addition as has been
treatment the news reports always seem to benoted to the defense costs of Canada being
from prominent American hospitals. Canadians itsubsidized by us here in the states.
seems don't notice this two state solution or areThere is only so much money in Canadian's
immune and shell shocked already.pockets and they will have to make choices for a
To support this data a prominent Canadian thinklower standard of their living personally or higher
tank "The Fraser Institute" corroborated thistaxes. In addition Canada is currently booming
information with a recent study.with oil, mineral and lumber sales. What happens if
Using actual Canadian government Statisticsthis slows down?
Canada data in its current report The FraserIs the Canadian health care system sustainable?
Institute report notes that data on the mostShould it be the model for us here in the United
recent five year trends that public health careStates? You be the judge.
spending in every one of the ten Canadian