`  == Canadian System Consistently Better? ==  There's a contradiction between two wikipedia articles I thought I'd point out.     In this article, it says ``According to Dr. Stephen Bezruchka, a senior lecturer in the School of Public Health at the University of Washington in Seattle, Canadians do better by every health care measure. According to a World Health Organization report published in 2003, life expectancy at birth in Canada is 79.8 years, versus 77.3 in the U.S[19].``  However, the article ``Canadian and American Health Care Systems Compared`` states ``n 2007, Gordon H. Guyatt et al. conducted a meta-analysis, or systematic review, of all studies that compared health outcomes for similar conditions in Canada and the U.S., in Open Medicine, an open-access peer-reviewed Canadian medical journal. They concluded, ``Available studies suggest that health outcomes may be superior in patients cared for in Canada versus the United States, but differences are not consistent.`` Guyatt identified 38 studies addressing conditions including cancer, coronary artery disease, chronic medical illnesses and surgical procedures. Of 10 studies with the strongest statistical validity, 5 favoured Canada, 2 favoured the United States, and 3 were equivalent or mixed. Of 28 weaker studies, 9 favoured Canada, 3 favoured the United States, and 16 were equivalent or mixed. Overall, results for mortality favoured Canada with a 5% advantage, but the results were weak and varied. The only consistent pattern was that Canadian patients fared better in kidney failure``   I'm far from an expert of either the topic of health care or encyclopedia articles, so I leave it to the jury to decide.  -Dev`