So Americans Want Canadian Health Care? Think Again!

A member of the audience holds up a placard as US Sen. Bernie Sanders, (I-Vt.), discusses Medicare for All legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 13, 2017. JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images

Commentary

At the end of January, a rather smugly proud Gov. Gavin Newsom of California and a feisty Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York appeared on U.S. national news on the same night, the former to announce free “guaranteed health care for all Californians” and the latter, free “universal health care” to all New Yorkers.