Joel Hefley: “in the real world, nationalized health care means waiting for health care. In Canada, waiting for health care is a way…”

“in the real world, nationalized health care means waiting for health care. In Canada, waiting for health care is a way of life. Canadians wait for routine checkups. They wait for major surgery. For Canadians who describe themselves in severe pain, they wait up to 21 weeks. And for many elderly very sick Canadians, nationalized health care means waiting to die. The waiting has become so bad that many average Canadians have resorted to the elementary school trick of queue-jumping. They cut in line. So while health care resources dwindle, the Canadian Government spends precious dollars policing health care queues. Now President Clinton wants to bring all this to America. He wants to take the queues and the rationing and use them to hold down American health care costs. He thinks this is a good idea. I have got bad news for Bill Clinton. Queuing-up may be a way of life in Canada, but when it comes to accessing our own health care, America will not stand for it.”