The Cost of a Life

You might be wondering how it is that Canada, with a population almost as large as California’s, can afford single payer health care while California can not. At least that is what the newspaper says. 

I never studied economics, but I have known a few economics professors, none of whom managed to make themselves rich. God knows they tried.

I don’t know why Canada can afford single payer (which costs less than our system) and California cannot. I suspect it has to do with priorities. Our health billionaires cannot afford single payer, so we must, in good conscience, let Americans like my younger sister die for lack of coverage. After all, this isn’t Europe.