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  Palin: I snuck across Canadian border for healthcare
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Last EditedBrandonius Maximus  Mar 08, 2010 11:52am
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AuthorEric Zimmermann
News DateMonday, March 8, 2010 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionSarah Palin's family used to "hustle" across the Canadian border to get healthcare, the former Alaska Governor said this weekend.

In a speech in Calgary, Palin called it "ironic" that while growing up in a small Alaskan town near the Canadian border, her family used to sneak across to take advantage of the Canadian healthcare system.

"We used to hustle over the border for health care we received in Canada," she said, according to Medicine Hat News (via Dave Weigel.) "And I think now, isn't that ironic."

It's ironic, of course, because Palin and other Republicans have argued that Democratic healthcare reform will put the U.S. on the path towards Canada's "socialized" healthcare system.
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