I'm sick of this myth that people in other countries hate free health care [View all]

[JohnnyRingo]

I have a solution for all those make believe Canadians that wing nuts are always citing as the disillusioned examples of socialized medicine. To hear conservatives tell it, they're fairly screaming for a shot at the good old red, white, and blue health care we enjoy.

Well here it is:

http://www.bluecross.ca/

Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Canada will sell them all the health care they can afford. You have to select English or French before choosing your province of course, but it's still the system people like Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly have used to keep them healthy for years.

These right wing asses talk like private insurance is illegal in other countries. The fact is, no self respecting insurance company would let something like a mere government prevent them from serving a paying market. In the Canada case at the link, Blue Cross exists to write private policies for companies that want to lure executives with premium benefits packages.

The next time some Barstool Republican blabbers on about how Canadians are rafting across Erie in the dead of night to get to the Cleveland Clinic for a head cold, remind him of why they call them "smart phones" and ask if his has the Google.

...and thank you DU for bringing back the spel checher.
LOL