Okay, so Americans are flying to Costa Rica, India, Malaysia, Singapore and South Korea to get cheap facelifts.

Tell me again why that should make me feel better about Canada's health care system?

At Healthbase.com you can read their number two listed reason why people fly overseas on medical tourism:

"NO WAIT LISTS. Access to immediate service is what attracts those from countries that have public health care systems towards medical tourism. A case at hand is that of a Canadian who suffered from chronic back pain... now she tells everyone how she got her life back by going to India".