Canadians Tell Krugman About Socialized Medicine
October 1st, 2008 | by Brian Schwartz |From a recent debate on universal coverage:
PAUL KRUGMAN:
Actually, can I just — I wanted to ask a question. And—JOHN DONVAN:
Please—please do—PAUL KRUGMAN:
—and I wanted to ask, actually two questions, to the audience. First, how many Canadians, would Canadians in the room please raise your hands. [ONE PERSON APPLAUDS, LAUGHTER]JOHN DONVAN:
We have about seven hands going up—PAUL KRUGMAN:
Okay, not as many as I thought. Okay, of those of you who are not on the panel who are Canadians, how many of you think you have a terrible health care system. [PAUSE] One, two—JOHN DONVAN:
We see—almost all of the same hands going up. [LAUGHTER]PAUL KRUGMAN:
Bad move on my part. [APPLAUSE]
The whole debate is on YouTube, but I haven’t looked to see which of the twelve segments it’s in.
(via FIRM)
tags: Canada health, Paul Krugman
