In his latest piece for Reason, John Stossel looks at Canada's healthcare system to see what may be in store for America.

President Obama says government will make health care cheaper and better. But there's no free lunch.

In England, health care is "free"-as long as you don't mind waiting. People wait so long for dentist appointments that some pull theirown teeth. At any one time, half a million people are waiting to get into a British hospital. A British paper reports that one hospital tried to save money by not changing bedsheets. Instead of washing sheets, the staff was encouraged to just turn them over....

Shirley Healy, like many sick Canadians, came to America for surgery. Her doctor in British Columbia told her she had only a few weeks to live because a blocked artery kept her from digesting food. Yet Canadian officials called her surgery "elective."

"The only thing elective about this surgery was I elected to live," she said....

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