Canadian Healthcare Court Ruling

Socialized medicine at its best.

The Supreme Court has handed down a landmark ruling that invalidates Quebec's ban on private health insurance and delivers a caustic critique of the shortcomings of Canada's public health system.

The court ruled that it is unconstitutional to ban private insurance where the public system fails to provide reasonable service.

In the judgment, Justice Marie Deschamps wrote that "the evidence on the experience of other Western democracies with public health-care systems that permit access to private health insurance is connected to maintaining quality public health care. It does not appear that private participation leads to the eventual demise of public health care."

The ruling is seen as a warning to governments not to let waiting lists get out of hand.

I wonder what those that keep shouting that the US needs to have a Canadian style health system have to say about this?