Dear Editor:

When I hear that there’s a well-run government program, I become suspicious. And so it was when I read Marco Levytsky’s column “Canada’s publicly funded health care” (March 29). As Mr. Levytsky clearly states, Canada’s health care is paid for by taxes. What I find annoying though is the ubiquitous use of the word “free” in most publications when referring to a government-run health-care program. It’s a clever way of disguising the fact that the consumer actually pays for this service via his taxes.