really? so if you suddenly need a heart transplant and dont have $200k sitting around, you would say "god bless america for allowing me to buy the accord V6 instead of the i-4"
its true, canadians on average have less net income than americans because of our taxes, but its because we believe in the idea of a social democracy, and its true what tomato said, the reason we have it is because the PEOPLE want it... the safety net ensures people dont run into situations like duck described, life over money, =[