By Jim Maceda, NBC News Correspondent
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“I’m kind of looking forward to getting it done,” said Kluczynski as we walked into his hospital room.
After two heart attacks, he’s having quadruple-bypass surgery at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver.
And, like every Canadian, his health insurance is fully covered.
“Could you have afforded this without insurance?” I asked him.
“Absolutely not. It would have wiped out my life’s savings, for sure,” said Kluczynski.
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Simpler system
Canadians say they’re proud of their 50-year-old experiment in universal health care.
