Exactly. "Gatorade", the "Lousiana Purchase", and the "Cornhusker Kickback" were put in place to ensure that thsoe states (Florida, Lousiana, and Nebraska, respectively) don't get screwed like the rest of the nation.
And, you're dead on the money. Why is the Canadian Premier coming here to save his hide, if his country's healthcare is all that?
Left up to their system, this guy would be DEAD.
Wrong!!!
Heart disease deaths (most recent) by country
# 1 Slovakia: 216 per 100,000 people
# 2 Hungary: 192.1 per 100,000 people
# 3 Ireland: 152.6 per 100,000 people
# 4 Czech Republic: 148.6 per 100,000 people
# 5 Finland: 143.8 per 100,000 people
# 6 New Zealand: 127.3 per 100,000 people
# 7 United Kingdom: 122 per 100,000 people
# 8 Iceland: 115.4 per 100,000 people
# 9 Norway: 112.5 per 100,000 people
# 10 Australia: 110.9 per 100,000 people
# 11 Sweden: 110.1 per 100,000 people
# 12 Austria: 109.3 per 100,000 people
# 13 United States: 106.5 per 100,000 people
# 14 Germany: 106.1 per 100,000 people
# 15 Denmark: 105.4 per 100,000 people
# 16 Canada: 94.9 per 100,000 people
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_hea_dis_dea-health-heart-disease-deathsOther misadventures during surgical and medical care (per capita) (most recent) by country
# 1 Luxembourg: 2.13415 deaths per 1 million peo
# 2 Hungary: 0.79944 deaths per 1 million peo
# 3 Estonia: 0.750188 deaths per 1 million peo
# 4 Norway: 0.653168 deaths per 1 million peo
# 5 Austria: 0.610874 deaths per 1 million peo
# 6 Slovenia: 0.497265 deaths per 1 million peo
# 7 New Zealand: 0.495663 deaths per 1 million peo
# 8 Latvia: 0.436681 deaths per 1 million peo
# 9 Panama: 0.318471 deaths per 1 million peo
# 10 Korea, South: 0.308382 deaths per 1 million peo
# 11 Uruguay: 0.29274 deaths per 1 million peo
# 12 Lithuania: 0.278009 deaths per 1 million peo
# 13 Puerto Rico: 0.255689 deaths per 1 million peo
# 14 Costa Rica: 0.249004 deaths per 1 million peo
# 15 Moldova: 0.224467 deaths per 1 million peo
# 16 Chile: 0.187723 deaths per 1 million peo
# 17 Slovakia: 0.184128 deaths per 1 million peo
# 18 Denmark: 0.184094 deaths per 1 million peo
# 19 Nicaragua: 0.182983 deaths per 1 million peo
# 20 Israel: 0.159312 deaths per 1 million peo
# 21 Paraguay: 0.15753 deaths per 1 million peo
# 22 Germany: 0.145576 deaths per 1 million peo
# 23 United States: 0.131875 deaths per 1 million peo
# 24 Netherlands: 0.121899 deaths per 1 million peo
# 25 Sweden: 0.111086 deaths per 1 million peo
# 26 Dominican Republic: 0.110497 deaths per 1 million peo
# 27 Australia: 0.099552 deaths per 1 million peo
# 28 Romania: 0.0895656 deaths per 1 million peo
# 29 Ecuador: 0.0748279 deaths per 1 million peo
# 30 Japan: 0.062786 deaths per 1 million peo
# 31 Canada: 0.0609663 deaths per 1 million peo
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/mor_oth_mis_dur_sur_and_med_car_percap-surgical-medical-care-per-capitaUnintentional cut, puncture, perforation, haemorrhage during medical care (per capita) (most recent) by country
# 1 Iceland: 3.36999 deaths per 1 million peo
# 2 Estonia: 3.00075 deaths per 1 million peo
# 3 Costa Rica: 1.49402 deaths per 1 million peo
# 4 Slovenia: 1.4918 deaths per 1 million peo
# 5 Latvia: 1.31004 deaths per 1 million peo
# 6 Denmark: 1.10457 deaths per 1 million peo
# 7 New Zealand: 0.991326 deaths per 1 million peo
# 8 Hungary: 0.79944 deaths per 1 million peo
# 9 Moldova: 0.673401 deaths per 1 million peo
# 10 Austria: 0.488699 deaths per 1 million peo
# 11 Germany: 0.460992 deaths per 1 million peo
# 12 Cuba: 0.440645 deaths per 1 million peo
# 13 United States: 0.432821 deaths per 1 million peo
# 14 Kyrgyzstan: 0.388651 deaths per 1 million peo
# 15 Dominican Republic: 0.331492 deaths per 1 million peo
# 16 Israel: 0.318624 deaths per 1 million peo
# 17 Panama: 0.318471 deaths per 1 million peo
# 18 Uruguay: 0.29274 deaths per 1 million peo
# 19 Lithuania: 0.278009 deaths per 1 million peo
# 20 Poland: 0.25935 deaths per 1 million peo
# 21 Puerto Rico: 0.255689 deaths per 1 million peo
# 22 Croatia: 0.22242 deaths per 1 million peo
# 23 Norway: 0.217723 deaths per 1 million peo
# 24 Czech Republic: 0.195293 deaths per 1 million peo
# 25 Finland: 0.191461 deaths per 1 million peo
# 26 Slovakia: 0.184128 deaths per 1 million peo
# 27 Nicaragua: 0.182983 deaths per 1 million peo
# 28 Netherlands: 0.182849 deaths per 1 million peo
# 29 Mexico: 0.178903 deaths per 1 million peo
# 30 Australia: 0.149328 deaths per 1 million peo
# 31 Japan: 0.13342 deaths per 1 million peo
# 32 Egypt: 0.11612 deaths per 1 million peo
# 33 Sweden: 0.111086 deaths per 1 million peo
# 34 Thailand: 0.109058 deaths per 1 million peo
# 35 Korea, South: 0.102794 deaths per 1 million peo
# 36 Argentina: 0.101168 deaths per 1 million peo
# 37 United Kingdom: 0.0992704 deaths per 1 million peo
# 38 Canada: 0.0914495 deaths per 1 million peo
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/mor_uni_cut_pun_per_hae_dur_med_car_percap-during-medical-care-per-capitaSequelae with surgical and medical care as external cause (per capita) (most recent) by country
# 1 Luxembourg: 2.13415 deaths per 1 million peo
# 2 Estonia: 1.50038 deaths per 1 million peo
# 3 Netherlands: 1.27994 deaths per 1 million peo
# 4 Israel: 1.27449 deaths per 1 million peo
# 5 Slovenia: 0.99453 deaths per 1 million peo
# 6 Austria: 0.610874 deaths per 1 million peo
# 7 Latvia: 0.436681 deaths per 1 million peo
# 8 Kuwait: 0.428082 deaths per 1 million peo
# 9 Nicaragua: 0.365965 deaths per 1 million peo
# 10 Ecuador: 0.299312 deaths per 1 million peo
# 11 Australia: 0.298656 deaths per 1 million peo
# 12 United States: 0.28742 deaths per 1 million peo
# 13 Argentina: 0.278213 deaths per 1 million peo
# 14 Lithuania: 0.278009 deaths per 1 million peo
# 15 Puerto Rico: 0.255689 deaths per 1 million peo
# 16 Croatia: 0.22242 deaths per 1 million peo
# 17 Sweden: 0.222173 deaths per 1 million peo
# 18 Norway: 0.217723 deaths per 1 million peo
# 19 Finland: 0.191461 deaths per 1 million peo
# 20 Korea, South: 0.185029 deaths per 1 million peo
# 21 Slovakia: 0.184128 deaths per 1 million peo
# 22 Brazil: 0.171939 deaths per 1 million peo
# 23 Germany: 0.157708 deaths per 1 million peo
# 24 Paraguay: 0.15753 deaths per 1 million peo
# 25 Egypt: 0.11612 deaths per 1 million peo
# 26 Dominican Republic: 0.110497 deaths per 1 million peo
# 27 Japan: 0.109875 deaths per 1 million peo
# 28 Poland: 0.10374 deaths per 1 million peo
# 29 Hungary: 0.09993 deaths per 1 million peo
# 30 Czech Republic: 0.0976467 deaths per 1 million peo
# 31 Cuba: 0.088129 deaths per 1 million peo
# 32 Chile: 0.0625743 deaths per 1 million peo
# 33 Canada: 0.0609663 deaths per 1 million peo
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/mor_seq_wit_sur_and_med_car_as_ext_cau_percap-care-external-cause-per-capita