Healthcare Debate
June 7, 2010
Be it resolved, I would rather get sick in the United States than Canada…
Do ballooning healthcare spending, evermore expensive prescription drugs and an increased use of private medicine foreshadow the wholesale reform of Canada’s universal, single-payer system? Or, are the divisive debates, social inequities, and sky-high expenditures associated with the U.S. experience with private medicine a validation of Canada’s universal Medicare system?
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Results
Pre-debate
23%
68%
Post-debate
23%
77%
Swing: 0% (Draw)
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