A recent report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development cuts through the right-wing rhetoric boiling the U.S. healthcare debate and destroys the notion that Canadian healthcare is inferior to that found in the U.S.

Our costs are lower - 47% lower - and our outcomes are equal or better. We live two or three years longer than our U.S. neighbours. Contained costs and as good or better outcomes - these are indicators the U.S. should be looking at, not the propaganda being flouted shamelessly by healthcare reform detractors. From Bloomberg: Canadian Health Care, Even With Queues, Bests U.S.

"The real difference has been [Canada's] ability to control technology costs," said Anderson, who directed reviews of health systems for the World Bank and developed U.S. Medicare payment guidelines for the Health and Human Services Department. "The only thing the U.S. is consistently No. 1 in when it comes to international comparisons with Canada and other OECD countries is cost."