commondreams.org - 6/7/2009
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by Rhonda Hackett As a Canadian living in the United
States for the past 17 years, I am frequently asked by Americans and
Canadians alike to declare one health care system as the better one. Often I'll avoid answering, regardless of the questioner's
nationality. To choose one or the other ...
online.wsj.com - 6/9/2009
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online.wsj.com —
DAVID GRATZER Congressional Democrats will soon put forward
their legislative proposals for reforming health care. Should they
succeed, tens of millions of Americans will potentially be joining a new public insurance program and the federal government ...
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Canada's ObamaCare Precedent
washingtontimes.com - 6/3/2009
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washingtontimes.com —
The leader of Canada's New Democrat Party Jack
Layton linked the future of his country's universal health
care system to President Obama’s public health care program in a Washington speech Wednesday.
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Canadian leader stumps for Obamacare
theglobeandmail.com - 6/5/2009
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Health Care Myths
Newshoggers.com —
... in the health care debate. One thing we have heard already and will hear a lot more of are the "horrors" of the Canadian Health Care system. Well a Canadian living in the US debunks Canadian Health Care Myths. ...
Your money or your life
The Sideshow —
I just wanted to go back to Rhonda Hackett's "Debunking Canadian Health Care Myths" for a moment to excerpt this: In actuality, taxes are nearly equal on both sides of the border. Overall, Canadas taxes are slightly higher than those in the U.S. However, Canadians are afforded many benefits for their tax dollars, even beyond health care (e.g., tax credits, family allowance, cheaper higher education), so the end result is a wash. At the end of the day, the average after-tax income of Canadian workers is equal to about 82 percent of their gross pay. In the U.S., ...
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