Reply #15: Our system offers coverage - cradle to grave

[whosinpower]

Regardless of your income, regardless of your "position" in life, universal healthcare in Canada offers healthcare - cradle to grave.
Does not matter where you work, when you work, how many jobs you switch to, how many times you move - as a Canadian citizen, you have the RIGHT to accessable healthcare - yes, it is a RIGHT.

Yes - we pay taxes to offset costs of healthcare - and to taxpayers, government offers universal healthcare as a vital institution of wellbeing for its citizens. Healthy citizens make better workers, which, in turn, provide more revenues to government. This is an investment in its citizens, its tax base, so to speak.

America too - should INVEST in the well being and health of it citizens, of its taxpayers, of its workers. I have heard those in power state that the American worker is one of the best, most innovative and hard working in the world. Why then, with such pride, and faith in a group, can one declare the American citizen does not DESERVE universal healthcare as a fundamental right? How can one state on one hand that this is such a illustrious group, and then not have FAITH in that group enough to offer universal healthcare?

You do deserve it. Fight for it. We, up here in Canada admire your efforts, and we are with you in spirit.