From: rdtennent@tennent.ca   
      
   On Mon, 22 Dec 2025 01:54:45 -0500, c186282 wrote:   
    > On 12/21/25 21:17, Bob Tennent wrote:   
    >> On Sun, 21 Dec 2025 02:11:38 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
    >>   > On Sat, 20 Dec 2025 14:47:21 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
    >>   >   
    >>   >> That alone makes it way better than privately insured and delivered.   
    >>   >> health services.   
    >>   >   
    >>   > But ... but ... how can *anything* Government-run *possibly* be better   
    >>   > than a private for-profit service?!!?? Doesn’t that go against   
    >>   > everything that America Stands For??!??   
    >>   
    >> Health care in Canada isn't "government-run". It's run   
    >> by doctors and hospitals. Government *pays* doctors and   
    >> hospitals but doesn't "run" them.   
    >   
    >    Still doesn't do much good though ... subsidizing   
    >    incompetence doesn't IMPROVE things.   
      
   American health costs are higher than anywhere in the world   
   because of insurance administration. Yet outcomes are worse.   
   Doesn't sound like incompetence to me.   
      
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