Canadian Premier rejected Canadian socialized government health care due to long waits and incompetent doctors, comes to US for surgery

Canadian Politicians - pushing health care - Come to USA for Heart Surgery

Canadian Premier Danny Williams after heart surgery in Florida.  Williams rejected Canadian socialized government health care due to long waits and incompetent doctors.

 

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Recently, a Canadian Premier (their version of Governor) had a heart problem. He could of had free health care, if he wanted long enough--but he decided he wanted to live instead.  So he came to the United States for heart surgery.    "An unapologetic Danny Williams says he was aware his trip to the United States for heart surgery earlier this month would spark outcry, but he concluded his personal health trumped any public fallout over the controversial decision.

In an interview with The Canadian Press, Williams said he went to Miami to have a "minimally invasive" surgery for an ailment first detected nearly a year ago, based on the advice of his doctors.

"This was my heart, my choice and my health," Williams said late Monday from his condominium in Sarasota, Fla"

He was told to wait six months.  "The 60-year-old Williams said doctors detected a heart murmur last spring and told him that one of his heart valves wasn't closing properly, creating a leakage.