/
1x
Advertisement
Proudly Canadian, obsessively Toronto. Subscribe to Toronto Life!
City News

QUOTED: Toronto doctor Danielle Martin, after being asked if she knows how many Canadian patients die each year waiting for healthcare

By Steve Kupferman
Copy link

“I don’t, sir, but I know there are 45,000 in America who die waiting because they don’t have insurance at all.”

-Danielle Martin, vice president of medical affairs and health system solutions at Women’s College Hospital in Toronto, speaking on Wednesday at a hearing organized by the U.S. senate’s subcommittee on primary health and aging. Her questioner is Richard Burr, a Republican senator from North Carolina. Throughout their exchange, Burr tries to bait Martin into revealing a downside to single-payer healthcare, the very notion of which is reviled by American conservatives, who have spent the past four years trying to quash president Obama’s Affordable Care Act. She doesn’t give him any satisfaction. A video clip is embedded above.

NEVER MISS A TORONTO LIFE STORY

Sign up for This City, our free newsletter about everything that matters right now in Toronto politics, sports, business, culture, society and more.

By signing up, you agree to our terms of use and privacy policy.
You may unsubscribe at any time.

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Advertisement
Advertisement

Big Stories

Dancing Queens: Patrons, staff and performers share their wildest memories of Crews and Tangos, Toronto’s most storied drag bar
Deep Dives

Dancing Queens: Patrons, staff and performers share their wildest memories of Crews and Tangos, Toronto’s most storied drag bar

Inside the Latest Issue

Inside the Latest Issue

The April issue of Toronto Life features the anatomy of a Bay Street fiasco at RBC. Plus, our obsessive coverage of everything that matters now in the city.