Canadians think their American neighbours would be wise to look north as they grapple with a massive health-care overhaul.

That's the conclusion drawn from a new poll published as Capitol Hill legislators debate a plan to cover nearly all Americans with government-run health insurance.

The Canadian Press Harris-Decima survey suggests 82 per cent of Canadians believe our system is better than US health care.

 

 

 

 

 

The poll also suggests 70 per cent of Canadians think their health-care system is working well or very well, while the remainder feel the system is either not working well or not working well at all.

Quebec residents were most split, with 52 per cent saying the system works well and 43 per cent saying it doesn't.

The telephone poll of 1,000 Canadians was conducted from June 4 to 8, and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.