Re:I, Health Insurer
by bryanlarsen on Tuesday December 31, 2013 @02:59PM
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Canada is larger, more geographically dispersed and less homogeneous than the United States, and yet manages to have a functioning single-payer medical system.
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Larger by land mass, perhaps, but much smaller by most other measures. And substantially more homogenous (not sure how you're getting a different impression). "Functioning" is maybe a decent description and a pretty low target.
> And substantially more homogenous (not sure how you're getting a different impression)
Not sure what you define as 'homogenous' but over 20% of Canada's population is foreign born, and less than 57% are english speaking by mother tongue.
I would not consider 80% white Western European to be as diverse as the US. I don't think the Canadian French thing contributes a whole lot to diversity.
Re:I, Health Insurer
by bradleyboy on Tuesday December 31, 2013 @03:31PM
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Important to note that while Canada is geographically large, it's population is far from dispersed. Half the population lives in a ~700mi corridor:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_City%E2%80%93Windsor_Cor...