http://smartgirlnation.com/2009/07/27/canadian-wendy-sullivans-health-care-nightmare/

And add a note about your choice of illustrations for this one.

1. Rationing: You ALREADY HAVE THAT in the US. Or did you think those tens of millions of uninsured and tens of millions more under-insured and armies of insurance company accountants and lawyers constantly dictating what care those who actually are insured get to be reimbursed for are all figments of your imagination?

2. Lines: Well, if you throw millions of people out of the system completely by either making their health coverage unaffordable or making the procedures they need unaffordable even WITH their insurance… they certainly won’t be clogging up the doctor’s waiting room. Yay! Shorter lines! And if they’re not getting care at all then technically they’re not “waiting” for care, so problem solved! It’s brilliant!

3. Bureaucratitis: Seriously? You want to go there when comparing the system that runs with like 2% administrative overhead (Canada) to the one that performs like 10 times worse than that (US private insurers)? You want to go there when comparing the system where only doctors dictate treatment (Canada) to the system where doctors have to get approval for everything they do from insurance company claims departments (the US)? SERIOUSLY?

Do you live in a parallel universe by any chance?