Quote Originally Posted by Whiggamore View Post
Gugi, call it what you want. In Canada we call it health care. Medicine is the best term because it covers everything and anything that makes us healthy. And that is what we're talking about funding, that is what I'm talking about managing.

I suppose I'm so used to the division of powers between the judicial and legislative branches of government that I don't consider the Courts part of the State, no. The Courts defend us from the State, if anything. At least they ought to. You are right, the Courts do have an important role to play in medicine, just like they do in other aspects of our society. Bringing snake oil salesmen to justice, for example.
Well in Canada it's called health care and doesn't include pharmaceuticals nor dental nor a number of other things, unless of course you are on social assistance then it does cover drugs and very rudimentary dental.