Reply #2: I didn't even realize that Baker had ties to the Fraser Institute [View All]

[Lucy Goosey]

Though it doesn't surprise me.

For those who haven't seen the video, Baker, who supports privatizing the healthcare system, runs a business that helps Canadians who want to travel to the US for medical care. He says that in the 6 years he's been in business, he's helped around 500 people a year, and that 6 of those have been cases where (he claims) the patient would have died while waiting for care in Canada. And while it is wonderful that he was able to help those 6, I actually think that the fact that he's only averaged one life-or-death case a year actually speaks well of the system as a whole. I'd love to really get a chance to take a look at who his customers are - my sense is that a good number of them are probably rich people (his services don't come cheap) who think it's unfair that they can't buy their way to the front of the queue for non-urgent procedures.

Anyhow, the whole thing is well worth watching.