Will that scenario improve under UHC? Nope (just ask a Canadian).

Where's Jughead? Hello?

I say that from experience of some friends who lived in Canada.

otherwise known as anecdotal evidence - did one have an untreated mole that lead to a fatal cancer?

Living in the PNW, I am friends with a great many Canadians, and most I know are happy with their health system. They seem to pity us, to tell the truth.

I don't know how things run down there in California....but up here in Portland you can't read all the way thru any of our dozen or so neighborhood weeklies without seeing at least one ad for a free medical screening...sometimes its' for skin cancer, sometimes cholesterol, diabetes, blood pressure, the list goes on and on.

Rhetoric aside, is this the best we can do? And if so, how do we know it? If not, what can be better? Since the Nixon Administration it seems this is something politicians always want to fix and always fail trying to fix. If we're stuck with it, what's the best way to cope? Not having savings in your name is one way.

My sister works at OHSU childrens hospital. Many Canadian children are there at any given time for treatment. Ancedotal, but in the very least in means the parents of these children find it preferable to travel to the US and pay out of pocket for both the health care itself and the extended lodging rather than use the "free" Canadian system.

I know a Canadian aunt of mine received some cancer treatments in the US, but those were still covered under her Canadian health care.

But surely Canada and the US are not the only two options we have?

Well, there was an article in the LA Times a couple of weeks back about people traveling to India (at least I think it was India) for good surgery at cheap prices. Couldn't find anything in a quick search of their site though.