hi steve, when it comes to health care, i have lived through both systems.when i arrived in canada aa american style health care was in place. in 1970 canada adopted socialized medical care. for people with lower incomes, it was a godsend, no longer did they have to worry about getting ill and losing everything. the u.s. should take on our system, everybody should be covered just like we are. rich and poor are treated the same. it is said that 500,000 u.s. citizens have illegal canadian health care cards ,which is a drain on our system. you can buy them on the black market. a lot of republicans say that the u.s could not afford a canadian style health care, of course this is nonsense, we are talking about america the richest most powerful country in the world, not some third world country. gord