Did pop music just come out in favour of publicly-run health care?
The vicious health care debate in the U.S. is centered on a publicly-run system of insurance. And as President Barack Obama pushes for a public option in health insurers, his opponents search all over the world for countries in which the public system doesn’t work.
Given the proximity, the Canadian health care system is a natural target. And the attacks on Canadian health care have been savage, forcing a group of Canadian medical professionals to fight back on YouTube.
In the next video, though, how about including the experience of Toronto-raised 20-something Aubrey Graham, who after injuring his knee in New Jersey is back in town for knee surgery this week?
Graham, better known by his rap name, Drake, recently signed a $2-million record deal and sold 600,000-plus downloads of his single The Best I Ever Had.
Even factoring in the most prohibitive of health care costs, Graham could’ve easily paid to have his operation done in the U.S. According to the L.A. Times:
By any modern measure of musical popularity – YouTube views, radio airplay, ring-tone ubiquity – the single Best I Ever Had by Toronto rapper Drake is not only a hit, it’s arguably 2009’s “Song of the Summer.”
But instead he opted for a Toronto hospital – that is, a publicly-run hospital.
What better advertisement for government-run health care than a flashy, young, multimillionaire rapper choosing to have his elective surgery done in Canada? [rssbreak]
