Pat and Hugh Armstrong, authors, in their article "Canada's System Is A Model For Health Care Reform", reprinted in Health Care: Opposing Viewpoints, argues that the Canadian health care system is superior to the United States' market-based system. They support their argument with three reasons. First, they reason that 96% Canadians prefer their health care system to the United States'. They use as support the five principles of the Canadian Health Care Act. This is a criteria for funding set out by the government and the provinces must follow them. The five principles are universal, potable, accessible, comprehensive, and publicly administered. Second, Pat and Hugh Armstrong argues because the government is the main purchaser of services, health care is not only cheaper for individual taxpayers, it is also cheaper for employers facing unions strong enough to successfully demand full health care coverage. They use as support the Chrysler Corp. In the United States, Chrysler pays more for health care than it pays for steel. In Canada, Chrysler does not have to pay for basic hospital costs and therefore its employee costs are lower. Third, they state the rich and the poor go

Those who oppose Pat and Hugh Armstrong would argue that Canada does not have one of the best health care systems. First, you think Canadians don't get the proper care in a timely manner. You think they have to wait to long for proper medical treatment. You know that as a parent if your son would have to wait in an emergency room with a broken leg, you would become irate. Second, you feel it's nice to be able to shop for the best doctors and get excellent treatment and care. You would become upset if you were told to see a general practitioner, when you really needed to see a specialist. To you, it matters who you see for your treatment. Finally, you know that the health care system sounds appealing, but you hate the thought of giving more of your hard earn money to the government in the form of taxes for health care. You feel that Americans

to the same hospitals and doctors. The way they support this is by explaining the Canadians one-tier system. In other words, you can't tell the difference between the hospital rooms, high-tech services, or doctors' appearance. They conclude their article by saying if you were in a doctors office you wouldn't be able to tell if you were in Toronto or Minneapolis.

Second, you feel it's nice to be able to shop for the best doctors and get excellent treatment and care. Yes it would be nice to choose the best doctors and get excellent treatment and care. However, imagine your husband got laid off work, and you needed to see a doctor for an infection you had, and now you didn't have any insurance to cover you. With the health care system of Canada it wouldn't matter if you didn't have insurance, you would still be able to get the best doctors and excellent treatment needed. You are probably thinking, if the government is in cha

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