Mr. Vindicator:
Yes, it is outrageous. But is it is the truth. The ever-changing numbers of how many millions of 'Mericuhns are uninsured are not just the unemployed and the disinfranchised. The majority of those millions are people like myself who own our own businesses, generate tax bases for local communities as well as pay our own social security (something I doubt I'll ever see) and Federal Income taxes.
I think the nicest thing I can say about the physicians I've met with outside the USA is that when they look at me they don't look at X number of BMW or Mercedes payments. They see me. The "wallet biopsy" is a uniquely 'Mericuhn thing.
And after reading Rawbone8's declaration of love for Canada, I feel all misty inside.
One thing I do know is that Canadian beer is incredible. Although mini brew pubs are now relatively common in most of the USA, MooseHead is Moosehead.