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Lin Gilbert's Rationing Story

By Paul Hsieh

Nov 12, 2009
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Canadian Lin Gilbert tells of the wait she endured for over two years for her MRI and spine surgery, and the toll it took on her life:

http://www.youtube.com/embed/9Kyoxy1ufhg

In Canada, health care is never truly a "right". She was repeatedly told that she hadn't suffered for long enough to receive the surgery she needed, and that older patients were ahe…

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