Canadian Health Care

July 6, 2009 | Los Angeles, California | Vetting explained

Viewed 22 times
Shared 1 time

iReport —

The video are some thoughts in response to the recent CNN Article "Reality Check: Canada's government health care system" (http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/06/canadian.health.care.system/index.html)

Why is health care an either / or proposition? Why do opponents assume that any public involvement in health care must necessarily lead to the public health care monopoly as found in Canada and England?

We don't do that with university education. There is a heavy state involvement in university education. Even so, private universities pose vibrant competition, offering a premium service while leaving the public system to offer good service for less money.

That isn't a bad approach, and seems to be what we are proposing with a public health insurance system. Ensuring American citizens are healthy seems as important as ensuring they can read and write.

Posted in Assignment:
Vital Signs

Share this on:

del.icio.us

StumbleUpon

Comments

iReport welcomes a lively discussion, so comments on iReports are not pre-screened before they post. See the iReport community guidelines for details about content that is not welcome on iReport.

What is iReport?

Share

Tell a story, offer an opinion, say what's important to you.
Discuss

Join the conversation on the day's big issues.
Be heard

The best iReports get vetted and used on CNN platforms.

iReport is a user-generated section of CNN.com. The stories here come from users. CNN has vetted only the stories marked with the "CNN" badge. MORE...

CNN iReport