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Sarah Palin’s family used to cross the border to use Canada’s free healthcare
Sarah Palin recently went up to Calgary, Alberta, Canada to give a little speech. Alberta is Canada’s Texas, so her politics were well-received up there.
One little tidbit she dropped was the following:
“We used to hustle over the border for health care we received in Canada,” she said. “And I think now, isn’t that ironic.”
Yes, it is ironic, perhaps even illegal. Sarah is saying that her family used to cross-over the border to take advantage of Canada’s free “socialistic” healthcare, even though now she is campaigning against having the same healthcare available in her own country.
Or as the Daily Kos put it:
“I got mine. The rest of you can drop the f*@# dead!”
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about 3 years ago
Hey Dave, funny eh, we will allow anyone access to healthcare in Canada! As a rule though it doesn’t make the news when and where people access the health system in Canada. The reason is simple, it’s not news. Sure people sometimes experience line-ups, but they always get quality healhcare and we spend very little time worrying about it. We do worry about the cost however, but anybody who has a budget should worry about costs. We worry a lot less about the costs whenever we hear news about the US system. And Lord knows we hear too much about the machinations of the American health care debate in Canada. Glad you guys finally seem to have dipped your toes in a healthcare system that is “for the people.” Even Costa Rica has universal health care and publicly funded education up to second year University. Guess what, they are also among the happiest people on the planet, according to a recent study. It’s was good to meet you Dave.