Nothing is irrelevant to the health care debate

Re: Health care users speak up The Times May 31 2011


I would have to agree with Mr. Brown about Canadians looking outside North America for their health care solutions, but would have to vigorously disagree that American health care is irrelevant to the Canadian debate.  


It’s always amusing when the NeoCons try desperately to steer the debate carefully around the rotting, stinking, red herring they call U.S. style health care system or any other inconvenient embarrassment they would prefer to ignore.


The fact is the American system has already been forcefully injected into our health care system for years now by the BC government, for instance July 31 2007 when Maximus Ltd. an American corporation was put in charge of administering the BC Medical services plan and Pharmacare programs, knowingly or unknowingly injecting a good dose of American influence as well as jeopardizing Canadians personal privacy to a foreign power (Patriot act). 


Staying away from the failed systems out there in the rest of the world is at least as important as finding the best of other systems to adopt and improve the Canadian health care system. 


Let’s not forget the Americans already have a foot in the door which gives them a big advantage over other superior systems.


Wayne Clark