[thecavemaster]

There is an excellent and balanced comparison between the American and Canadian healthcare systems on Wikkipedia. I do find it interesting that the US has explicit laws that prohibit Medicare/Medicaid from negotiating drug prices. PHARMA has a very powerful lobby structure...and "helps" write most all legislation related to the pharmaceuticals industry. As Big Dan said in "O Brother Where Art Thou"... "It's all about the money, boys."