Pajamas Media's Glenn & Helen Show podcast: Working with capitalism to save American health care

The latest edition of the Glenn & Helen Show is up in podcast format. This time they interview a refugee from the Canadian health care system, Dr. David Gratzer, who is author of the recently published book, The Cure: How Capitalism Can Save American Health Care.

In the podcast, Glenn Reynolds discusses a previous Glenn & Helen Show with Canadian filmmaker Stuart Browning, whose documentary on Canadian healthcare is entitled Dead Meat.

The socialized medical care of Canada is known for long waiting times for patients to get access to things such as MRIs. However, Browning in his film, Reynolds relates, discovered that in a Canadian veterinary hospital, one can get an MRI for a cat on thirty minutes notice.

The difference? Veterinary services in Canada aren't nationalized.

Of course, since the incoming Democratic-run Congress will try some sort of maneuver, however subtle, towards less of a free-market approach to health-care, this is a podcast that should be on your "must listen" list.

Listen or download here. The podcast is brought to you by Volvo.

Free subscriptions to the Glenn & Helen Show are available on the iTunes web site.

Oh, I almost forget, the late Milton Friedman wrote the foreword to Dr. Gratzer's new book.

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