Sorry about your mother. However, millions of people die each year in the U.S., because the American health care system failed to save their lives. I am sure there are thousands of stories which are much worst then yours. Anecdotal evidence has no place in a debate. The truth is more Canadian's like their health care system then American's (http://dll.umaine.edu/ble/U.S.%20HCweb.pdf) and they spend half as much! Also, wait times are not as bad as people make them out to be. ( http://www.healthservices.gov.bc.ca/waitlist/ ). If a Canadian doesn't want to wait, he is free to travel to the U.S. or any other Country.