Palin notes irony of using Canada health care

March 08, 2010

by Dan Joling
The Associated Press
Monday, March 8, 2010

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Ex-Gov. Sarah Palin has criticized Canada's health care program, saying the socialized system should be dismantled in favor of free enterprise.

But during a speech Saturday in Calgary, Palin acknowledged the irony of her family using medical care in Whitehorse, Yukon, decades ago.

Palin was a child in the mid-1960s when her family lived in Skagway, a southeast Alaska town near the Canadian border.

The only way out was by airplane, ferry or train, and when bad weather kept planes grounded, the train to Whitehorse often was the only option.

Palin told the Calgary audience her family would "to hustle on over the border for health care."

The family lived in Skagway for Palin's first five years. Palin aides didn't immediately return e-mails seeking comment.

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