Mr. Speaker, I have a supplementary question for the member. After having given a presentation that will help people to understand the crisis nature of our health care issue, could the member confirm two things? Does the average American family in the United States that is actually able to pay the premiums to get some kind of health coverage, all of which is deductible I might add, pay an average payment per family of between $5,000 U.S. and $7,000 U.S. annually, which is a tremendous cost for every household? As a matter of fact, as my hon. friend from northern Manitoba has told me, that is one of the major reasons that people enter the American Armed Forces. It is an easy way to get good personal and family health coverage.
Would the member confirm that the annual family cost ranges between $5,000 U.S. and $7,000 U.S.? Would she also confirm from the information that she has that in terms of a cost effective system the actual cost of health care in the United States, albeit there are millions of people without any coverage, actually costs more than it does in Canada on a GDP per capita basis?