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Opinion: The Canadians who emigrate to get U.S. health care

Canada's much-romanticized social safety net is prompting some people to move away for better care

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Every July 1, we surrender to the anesthesia of rituals: a stylized maple-leaf exceptionalism, a collective sigh of relief that our society has escaped the perceived vulgarities of the American experiment, and a nod to a social safety net romanticized as our secular covenant. Gazing at the flag, we repeat a self-congratulatory narrative about a kinder, gentler nation.

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Yet a discordant storyline buzzes amongst us and even among Americans, operating entirely outside our national mythology: many Canadians are relocating south for better health care, not just economic opportunity and lower taxes. Seriously?

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