Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams will undergo heart surgery later this week in the United States…
..Mr. Williams’ decision to leave Canada for the surgery has raised eyebrows over his apparent shunning of Canada’s health-care system.
via N.L. Premier Williams set to have heart surgery in U.S..
Via Herr Doktor von Rundfunk.
I guess he wanted to use the world’s best healthcare system while it still exists.

“Raised eyebrows”? I hear there’s at least a 12 month wait for plastic surgery.
Murtha had his surgery in the US, too.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100202/ap_on_go_co/us_murtha_hospitalized