Canada's National Post is reporting that a recent poll shows a majority of Canadians - 52% of those polled - want to be allowed the opportunity to pay for health care in the private sector in addition to the current free and universal health care provided by the government.

So let's see if I have this straight. Canadians currently get "free" government-sponsored health care that they actually pay for through outrageously high taxes, and they still want access to privately-run health care - even though it will cost them even more money?

What does this tell you about the crappy quality of the health care that the government bureaucrats are providing to its citizens?

In a separate question, 57% of those polled believe that some people receive faster services and preferential treatment than their fellow citizens if they have "contacts" within the health care system. I guess it's all in who you know.

Apparently not everyone in Canada believes that the nanny-State knows best.

Michel Kelly-Gagnon, president of the Montreal Economic Institute, which commissioned the poll, said the results reveal a gap between Canadian laws and opinions.

"Unless you're absolutely a communist, you have to agree that, with your disposable after-tax income, you should have the right to consume whatever it is that you want, including private health insurance," he said.

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