The opponents of "big gummit health care" love to burble about "all the Canadians coming to the US for treatment". Seems a lot of that is non-critical care, for people who just don't feel like waiting their turn. You may recall when Tim had a real problem, with a duff gall bladder.

Listen, people can talk about some Canadians coming across the border without it being a big criticism of the system. Recognizing what does happen doesn't have to be derision. I'm not knocking it at all. Just in case you think I am knocking it. :) I think they do better than we do.

One of the bigger questions in the USA is how do we deliver good health care to people in rural areas? remote areas? We can send RNs,PAs around in medical vans on schedules, we can license Veterinarians to treat humans in areas, we can recognize the problem and make attempts - but the money is against us - what you call JCs.

But many JCs they want a system that allows them to extract the best profit. Profit, and how much they acquire, is what motivates them. I know you know this. We need the mercenary part out of the health system. We don't need Elmo crunching down on a system till something breaks, I mean for God's sake, it's people's health and we need people who can balance a system with Health being a major value.

We have to combat our own bigotry which works against us. Lotsa people are gonna think lazy niggers, lazy Indians, lazy latinos, thieving Somalians now, free money!, communism!, socialism!, the anti-Christ!, Jesus commands you!, and pollies in the pockets of JCs are going to use all that against it - AND it has worked well so far.