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Well, they do: http://blog.heritage.org/2010/02/09/the-canadian-patients%E2...

I think you can do better than Rush Limbaugh's favorite right wing advocacy group to back up your opinions.

Here's a study that puts the numer of Canadians using the US healthcare system at about 0.61%: http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/21/3/19.full.html

That's EXACTLY what i was looking for, thanks!

I wasn't claiming that wasn't biased. It was stated that nobody was talking about it, but I don't think that's the case. I've heard it since the health care debates started in the U.S.

As for that study, I'm a little concerned that they only looked at a handful of states, and this little line at the bottom:

"The authors acknowledge financial support from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (formerly the Medical Research Council of Canada) for this research."

My guess: both your source and mine are biased and flawed, and the truth lies somewhere in the middle.

That's a peer reviewed academic journal. Even if the authors have a bias, it's not comparable to the bias of a right wing advocacy group that gets financial support from the Koch Brothers.

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