Sarah Palin – Went “over the border” to get Canadian health care

Guess she must’ve gotten tired waiting in line in the U.S.

“We used to hustle over the border for health care we received in Canada,” she said. “And I think now, isn’t that ironic.”

When she was 5.
Before Canada had the social medical care system they have now.
Because the town her family most closely lived happened to be Canadian.

But feel free not to report that if ya want.

Regardless of how many times her parents might have hustled over the border, they weren’t going to a universal healthcare system. The whole premise of what you are suggesting is mute.

BTW, the last thing you guys want to be spreading right now is the idea of someone hustling across the border for free healthcare…

And I always find it amusing when people who have been bashing the Canadian health care system for so long suddenly become experts in its history.

It’s because we’re not against a system based on ideology. We are typically against a system if it does/doesn’t work. In the case you are referencing, the Palin’s going to Canada, it most certainly was more reflective of the type of care we would like now.

Open to the market where each consumer would pay with their own money and be able to make decisions on place and time of care based on their specific circumstances.

Because the boy was burned, the Palin’s must have felt it was in their best interest to get care at the closest/best center and pay out of pocket. Had the condition been less extreme, they may have made a value proposition to take him to an American center where the cost may have been less expensive or covered [if they had insurance].

The point is, the jist [i know i know, its {i did it again} gist, but jeepers, its {hahahaha} a blog!] is that somehow Palin made a gaffe by admitting she went to a socialist health care system, when in fact her family acted in accordance to a system that we would like more to emulate; market driven where the consumer is price conscience.