Canadian Premier to Undergo Heart Surgery in the U.S.

Wow. Seriously? This tells me *everything* that I need to know about socialized medicine.

Since internet news links tend to go dead after a while I'm going to post links to several articles about this. Happy reading!

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0210/Canadian_official_heads_south_for_surgery.html?showall

http://www.vocm.com/newsarticle.asp?mn=2&id=4055&popular=1 (You *have* to watch the video on this article - the woman states "the physicians looked at the best possible options and gave their recommendation and he has taken that recommendation" or words to that effect)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9p57GCSA3U (Here is the video straight from YouTube)

http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/19664 (On the right hand side they have a "Countdown until Obama leaves Office" - right now it says
1081 Days, 02 Hours, 22 Minutes, 11 Seconds. I must find this widget)

http://www.examiner.com/x-27580-St-Louis-Conservative-Examiner~y2010m2d2-Canadian-Premier-to-undergo-heart-surgery-in-the-US

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/759760---danny-millions-williams-heads-south-for-heart-surgery

http://blog.taragana.com/health/2010/02/02/canadian-provincial-premier-seeks-heart-surgery-in-us-18935/

http://www.vancouversun.com/health/premier+heart+surgery+sparks+debate/2516321/story.html

http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5h9Wu78oguXFeKRN0EuUC915Scusw

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/nfld-premier-travels-to-us-for-heart-surgery/article1452810/

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/williams-could-have-had-surgery-in-canada-cardiac-experts-say/article1454023/

http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/ultimate+tier+health+care/2515150/story.html

http://calgary.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100202/williams_surgery_100202/20100202/?hub=CalgaryHome (This article claims it was "never an option" for Danny Williams to receive his surgery in Newfoundland