The US health care debate is being hijacked by special interests who want to keep Americans misinformed about health care options for their own purposes, former President Bill Clinton told a roaring crowd of 12,000 in Toronto Saturday.
"If you look at America, you must wonder what in the world are my friends to the south thinking? Why don't they just pass some bill? How could it be worse?" the Toronto Star quoted Clinton as saying, to loud applause.
"A lot of you have American friends; you can help us with this," the president continued. "The money's going somewhere, and the somewhere doesn't want to give it up... You have to understand there's a lot of economic incentive to keep things misunderstood and (people) full of fear."
"If we had your (health) system or the French system ... Or any other system, if we put them in America it would cost them $800-billion less," the Toronto Globe and Mail quoted Clinton.
Clinton was speaking at Toronto's BMO Field during the city's annual Canadian National Exhibition. With audience members camped out in the stadium in summer weather, the speaking engagement had the feel of a rock concert.
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