From Firedoglake here.
I'm a Canadian who used to live in the States and started my family down there before I came home again.
So I know how Healthcare works on both sides of the border.
I also wrote quite extensively about a fellow Canadian, and Universal Healthcare Haters' Club Inc. shill, Ms. Shona Holmes here, here and here.
But today I want to tell you about my Grandma, who died not long ago at the age of 91 after a long and full life that might have ended much earlier if it hadn't been for the Canadian Healthcare system...
Why?
Because my Grandma E. was 76 when she had her aortic aneurysm.
Now, I'm sure you all know the story of another much more famous Canadian, Neil Young, who also had an aneurysm, which is essentially the ballooning out of a blood vessel.
It happens when the wall of the vessel weakens due to disease, old age or, in the case of Mr. Young, because of a congenital abnormality.
'Congenital' means that you were born with it.
Which also means that it is a pre-existing condition.
Of course, despite the fact that he now lives in the States, Mr. Young didn't have to worry about any of that 'pre-existing condition' business because he is rich. . . .
My Grandma E. was most definitely not rich. . . .
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