By Bonnie Cohen and Howard Sachs, American Thinker - The woman said (paraphrased), "Even though you're getting close to complete government control of health care, you American's don't know how good you still have it here. If you really want to know, come to Canada, where the state now runs everything. It's ugly and scary."… She elaborated. She told me the tragic story of her sister, who had worked as a nurse in a hospital. She experienced some serious symptoms that needed further tests. She was put in a long queue to have an MRI. Her sister worked as a nurse. She could have pulled strings to get ahead of others waiting in the long line. She chose not to take advantage. Finally, seven months later, the scan was performed. The test revealed a cancer that was no longer treatable.