Ryan's Budget and the debt limit

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Originally Posted by merrylander

The facts are that Canada's Single Payer plan has less overhead than Blue Cross/Blue Shield spends in just the state of Masachussets. It also does not have any seven figure executives and bargains prices with Big Pharma, example Florence's BP medication is $599 for a 90 day supply, in Canada it is under $250. Novartis must still be making a profit at those prices because they still supply the Canadian market. We so enjoy being screwed that we keep spreading the myth that America is paying for all the research. If you believe that line of malarkey we are having a special on the Bay Bridge next week. Does this answer your How come?

Times are changing in Canada too. The demographic changes driving consumption are just a bit behind the US.

http://www.conferenceboard.ca/documents.aspx?did=616
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/W...536/story.html
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/...h.care.system/
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/r...751/story.html

Oh, by the way, before we start pining for the Canadian system for the US, consider:

Canada's total population is 33,751,000 - while the U.S. is around 307,183,000 people. Whatever issues the Canadian system is facing now, just multiply them by a factor of about 10.