Reply #6: It's important that the NeoConservatives keep us in the dark about Canada.

[Pax Hayden]

One of the difficulties those of us on the Left have to deal with when argueing about the benefits of a single-payer healthcare system is the boogie-man of Canada. You would think the apologists for the privatized system we currently have are talking about Soviet-era Russia when they talk about our neighbor to the North.

How many times have you heard your friendly-neighborhood conservative parrot you one of these lies: "In Canada, you have to wait three years to have a cyst removed," or "The Canadians have to cross the border into the United States to receive basic health-care," or, (my favorite,) "The Canadians have to pay 85% of their income in taxes to pay for their Healthcare plan."

Much like the North Koreans, the conservatives must foster the myths about their neighbors in order to keep the locals pacified.

This lie from O'Reilly is just another brick in the Leggo-wall the Republican party and their shills have raised between the American People and the truth about Canada's single-payer healthcare system.