Oh, I agree with your rant. In fact, pointing out that no-one in this system is a government employee is probably the best part of it.

Also, isn't it funny that no one ever talks about the advantages of getting rid of the massive middle-management class in health care?

And (Also also!) the thing that really gets my goat is, when people complain that "In Canada, you have to wait six weeks for an MRI!" Guess what, idiot, so many more people need the basic health care that they're not getting than people who need an MRI, that I'd gladly trade availability and non-scarcity of exotic health and diagnostic treatments and visits for more basic health care! It's a false choice, but if I have to make it ...