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I appreciate Dr. Martin’s quick wit in deflecting a question with an attack on the questioner.
Nice move.
The Toronto Star gushed about Dr. Martin being best suited to represent the values of the Canadian health care system. Apparently, the Huffington Post said she just became Canada’s newest hero.
Debates like this make change almost impossible. They entrench discussion into a debate about Canadian distinctiveness compared with our southern neighbour, completely missing the point.
We need to debate what’s best for patients.
Has ANYONE in the world copied Canadian Medicare?
If our system was as great as Martin says, don’t you think someone – anyone – would have copied it?
No, ideological devotion blinds Dr. Martin, the media, and most of the rest of us to the need for change in our beloved Medicare.