The debates begin again.

The opening salvo begins with this proclamation. proclo’motion.

America has the best medical system in the World.

An argument supported by this evidence. “You don’t see americans traveling overseas for medical care, do you? No, you see foreigners coming here.”

America might, but NBC doesn’t. Just recall that whatshisname died in NBC world headquarters just across the street from one of America’s best hospitals. Whatshis name couldn’t travel across the street, nor would the World Famous Doctors travel to him. Not even to save a life.

In my world, among those people I know, travel to india, or mexico or even Arizona is common for surgery. It is also common to see buses at the canadian border bearing retired tourists returning with plastic bags from pharmacies. And in the north bound lane canadians pretending that the toasters and socks aren’t new, just shiny and clean, so clean they smell of china.

After a CNBC pronouncer declared that there were only 4 MRI’s in Toronto, I checked. Even if he said it tongue in cheek, I thought to check if he also had his head up his ass. Just in case the smell was from him. I could get an MRI in Toronto the next morning. I then tried Stanford. Then tried a clinic in Las Angeles. No MRI for tomorrow, unless my physician signed me in as an emergency.

I can see the time now that oldsters from canada will be bringing in drugs in exchance for toasters or socks. Plumpy carrying back lumpy. The world market working at last. Free, fair, exchange among the desperate.

Toasters and socks from america, but drugs and MRI’s from canada.

We live on with notional health care, preferring the illusion.