10/15/2004: Canada's Way : What a Universal Health Care System Delivers, Good and Bad (San Francisco Chronicle via SFGate.com)

Excerpt: When you're sick like that and off work, the last thing you want to worry about is how to pay the bill,' said Kioussis, 55. 'I had excellent care and one of the top specialists in the country, the same doctor who would treat the prime minister.' That's the side of Canadian health care familiar to many Americans -- a system that provides free cradle-to-grave treatment to all, regardless of income or employment status.