First of all, get your facts straight sir. "SOME of your elected officials?" You mean ONE, right? This was some nobody politician from backwards Newfoundland, and he took a ton of heat for what he did. The actions of one person don't reflect the system, I'm sure you'd agree this statement sounds logical.
Second, would you care to elaborate on "Why is it that any Canadian with money comes to the US for treatment"? This sounds something that you heard from Fox News. Why would anybody spend money on health care when they can access it for free? You probably heard that argument on Fox News during the health care debate in the US a few years ago.
Lastly, if you say that the US has the best health care system in the world, the best doctors, equipment, and all the other stuff you said (which is a very ignorant thing to say because I know for a fact you don't know about any other nation's health care system other than your own), then why does the US rank horribly in life expectancy statistics? Doesn't having the best doctors, equipment, treatments, highest survival rates in diseases translate into a prolonged life? Look at the US, it fails miserably:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ife_expectancy
Rank Country
(State/territory) Life expectancy at birth (years)
Overall Life expectancy at birth (years)
Male Life expectancy at birth (years)
Female
1 Japan 82.6 78.0 86.1
2 Hong Kong 82.2 79.4 85.1
3 Iceland 81.8 80.2 83.3
4 Switzerland 81.7 79.0 84.2
5 Australia 81.2 78.9 83.6
6 Spain 80.9 77.7 84.2
7 Sweden 80.9 78.7 83.0
8 Israel 80.7 78.5 82.8
9 Macau 80.7 78.5 82.8
10 France (metropolitan) 80.7 77.1 84.1
11 Canada 80.7 78.3 82.9
12 Italy 80.5 77.5 83.5
13 New Zealand 80.2 78.2 82.2
13 Norway 80.2 77.8 82.5
15 Singapore 80.0 78.0 81.9
16 Austria 79.8 76.9 82.6
16 Netherlands 79.8 77.5 81.9
18 Martinique ( France) 79.5 76.5 82.3
18 Greece 79.5 77.1 81.9
20 Belgium 79.4 76.5 82.3
20 Malta 79.4 77.3 81.3
20 United Kingdom 79.4 77.2 81.6
20 Germany 79.4 76.5 82.1
20 U.S. Virgin Islands ( US) 79.4 75.5 83.3
25 Finland 79.3 76.1 82.4
26 Guadeloupe ( France) 79.2 76.0 82.2
27 Channel Islands ( Jersey and Guernsey) ( UK) 79.0 76.6 81.5
27 Cyprus 79.0 76.5 81.6
29 Ireland 78.9 76.5 81.3
30 Costa Rica 78.8 76.5 81.2
31 Puerto Rico ( US) 78.7 74.7 82.7
31 Luxembourg 78.7 75.7 81.6
31 United Arab Emirates 78.7 77.2 81.5
34 South Korea 78.6 75.0 82.2
34 Chile 78.6 75.5 81.5
36 Denmark 78.3 76.0 80.6
36 Cuba 78.3 76.2 80.4
36 United States 78.3 75.6 80.8
39 Portugal 78.1 75.0 81.2
40 Slovenia 77.9 74.1 81.5
41 Kuwait 77.6 76.0 79.9
42 Barbados 77.3 74.4 79.8