Barack Obama crossed into Canada today on his first foreign trip as President. But he spent just a few hours and made no public appearances. Canada’s single-payer system is a model for many US healthcare reformers, but some of the major players in Washington have declared that it’s “off the table.”
Obama Crosses the Border, Canada's Single-payer Health Plan
Credits
Guests:
L. Ian MacDonald - former Head of Public Affairs, Canadian Embassy in the US,
Stephen Clarkson - Professor of Political Economy at the University of Toronto,
Jonathan Riskind - Washington Bureau Chief, Columbus Dispatch,
Noam Levey - Los Angeles Times -
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Alan Cassels - health policy researcher, University of Victoria,
David Gratzer - Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute
Host:
Warren Olney
Producers:
Katie Cooper,
Christian Bordal,
Frances Anderton