Let's hope Rudy has the last laugh on Hillary Care

"If we do Hillary care or socialized medicine, Canadians will have no place to go to get their health care."That line from former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani drew plenty of laughs at Tuesday's Republican debate.  Sure, Michael Moore's absurd fantasy that our northern neighbor's rationed government-run health care system is one to be coveted rings pretty funny.  But the underlying realities are fatally serious.We know that outlandishly long and sometimes life-threatening waiting lists have forced Canada to use American hospitals as a convenient safety-valve to relieve the pressure when public outcry bloats.  In fact, according to Michael Turner of the Cato Institute, "about one out of every seven Canadian physicians sends someone to the United States every year for treatment."Additionally, wealthy Canadian cardiac patients often avoid the dreadful wait by having their surgery performed here in the states on their own dime. That's why it came as...(Read Full Post)