Fort Erie residents march to save emergency room in their hospital. Photo by Doug Draper
By Doug Draper
One hardly needs to be a news junkie to know one of the biggest stories across the border right now is the fight U.S. President Barack Obama is waging to bring quality, affordable health care to all his fellow citizens.
Turn on almost any cable news channel and you don’t have to wait long before the battle for and against health care reform is dominating the screen to a point where I’ve heard more than a few of my fellow Canadians say – ‘Oh know. Not that again. Why should we care?”
Well, here is one possible reason for those of us fortunate enough to live a country still clinging on to system of universal health care. If Obama loses his fight, then the same health insurance, drug and other private sector forces working to crush his plans may go to work, more earnestly than ever, to crush our system here.
