My Google News Alert for "Canada" brought me to a fine piece of exploratory journalism comparing the US and Canadian Health Care systems in the Dallas News by Jim Landers.
Now I know nothing about the Dallas News generally, but I was pleasantly surprised by the depth, objectivity and quality of the piece. Usually when I stumble across US articles (outside overtly liberal sources) on Canadian health care it's little more than "socialized health care" anecdotal scare mongering.
I wrote to Mr. Landers to praise his work, and obtained his gracious permission to repost the entire article, plus another one he sent me on the Swiss health care system (of which I knew nothing). Article below the fold and some further comments from me.
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