Is the article wrong though? We have a huge problem with wait times, and many people turn to private diagnostic clinics to get better care.
Also, you have to pretty naive to not believe that we get away with spending so little on our military despite having the 2nd biggest land mass in the world because the US spends $600 billion a year on their military.
We REALLY benefit in many ways from having them as our neighbour.
At the end of the day though, we simply have better policies. Better welfare programs, better financial system, actual austerity policies, better energy policies, better political system.....better everything.
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