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Many U.S citizens think the Canadian health care system is cheaper and a model the U.S should adopt. Others say it may cost less but the care is not as good. And many Canadians believe the uninsured in America receive no health care at all. We'll discuss some of these perceptions, how the two countries ended up with such different forms of health care, and we?ll talk about what works and what doesn't in Canada and the U.S. Mike Arnold guest hosts. His guests are Raisa Deber, professor in the Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto and Dr. Kenneth Thorpe, Robert W. Woodruff Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University and Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for the Clinton Administration (1993-1995).