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After Hillary Clinton said the Administration’s health plan would mean higher costs for 20 per cent of Americans, Donna Shalala testified to Congress that 40 per cent would pay more, after which Ira Magaziner insisted the correct figure was 15 per cent. This leaves us 100 per cent confused. We’ve heard of a health plan, but a health plan du jour?

The Blackwell Corp, of Arlington, Va., offered some figures of its own on average waiting times for treatment under the Canadian health system. Internal medicine: 6.4 weeks. Neurosurgery: 9.0 weeks. Urology: 10.7 weeks. Gynecology: 13.7 weeks. Plastic surgery: 17.8 weeks. Orthopedics: 21.9 weeks. So take two aspirin and call me in 23.9 weeks.

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After Hillary Clinton said the Administration’s health plan would mean higher costs for 20 per cent of Americans, Donna Shalala testified to Congress that 40 per cent would pay more, after which Ira Magaziner insisted the correct figure was 15 per cent. This leaves us 100 per cent confused. We’ve heard of a health plan, but a health plan du jour?

The Blackwell Corp, of Arlington, Va., offered some figures of its own on average waiting times for treatment under the Canadian health system. Internal medicine: 6.4 weeks. Neurosurgery: 9.0 weeks. Urology: 10.7 weeks. Gynecology: 13.7 weeks. Plastic surgery: 17.8 weeks. Orthopedics: 21.9 weeks. So take two aspirin and call me in 23.9 weeks.