Paying for health insurance

ipeltier wrote:
As a Canadian, I am lucky to receive good medical care without any direct cost to my family. Yes, we pay higher taxes, but our nation's philosophy is that access to good education and health care should be a basic right for all citizens. The cost of your medical insurance premiums and deductibles astounds me. But unless the middleman of high profit insurance companies is eliminated, your system will not be fixed. Are you aware that the USA is the only western nation without universal health care coverage? Your "Medicare" for seniors is basically the system we have for all residents in Canada--with no deductibles. I know "socialism" is a nasty word in your country, but how is unbridled capitalism in the health care system serving the best interests of your citizens. We watch the ongoing debate on fixing Anerican health care in your political arena, with all the permutations, combinations, eliminations presented by all the special interest groups, but nothing ever gets fixed. Your citizens deserve better.

We have Medicaid for the aged without assets. Everyone in the United States receives free healthcare, provided they have no assets - regardless their age. No one goes without healthcare here. Contrary to your misled beliefs.