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[30 Sep 2009 | One Comment | 801 views]
US healthcare vs. Canadian single payer: Doctors Give Their View – Cortlandt Forum

An article from some doctors who have worked on both sides of the border. They have no difficulty discussing problems with Canadian healthcare, such as some procedures that are less readily available than in the U.S. and some of the delays in some specialized services.

Canadian health, Featured, lies, lobbies & fear »

[30 Sep 2009 | 3 Comments | 270 views]
Was That Canadian Health Care Story Fair?

Here is video of Shepard Smith with Fox News correspondent Dan Springer in Vancouver, B.C. who is ‘reporting’ on the overwhelming waits in Canada for medical care and the terrible suffering we are all going through here.
He says Canadian single-payer “works really well if you don’t get too sick.” In fact, it’s the opposite – it works really well if you do get too sick, because you jump to the front of the queue for care… And yes, there is a queue -if it is less serious, you …

Featured, the news »

[23 Sep 2009 | No Comment | 239 views]
82% of Baucus’ constituents want single payer

Surprising? Unscientific online poll says Helenians wants single-payer

Featured, the campaigns »

[22 Sep 2009 | No Comment | 175 views]
Activists build memorial to honour 44,000 dead from lack of insurance

Activists from Single payer Action and Physicians for a National Health Program have set up a memorial on the National Mall for the more than 44,000 Americans who die every year from lack of health insurance. More than 3,000 American flags are planted on the mall at Constitution Avenue and 15th Street, NW, Washington, D.C.

Canadian health, Featured, the news »

[20 Sep 2009 | No Comment | 269 views]
Even Canada’s right-wingers back socialized medicine!

Former Prime Minister defends Canadian universal healthcare

Featured, Wendell Potter, health insurance lobby - general »

[17 Sep 2009 | No Comment | 237 views]
How corporate P.R. works to kill healthcare reform

Wendell Potter in Salon.com continues his whistleblowing on how health insurance PR aims to spread lies and kill reform.
[Photo: Center for American Progress]

Canadian health, Featured »

[16 Sep 2009 | No Comment | 171 views]
Canadian Health MYTHBUSTERS

Mythbusters, from the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF), is an excellent reality check on the fabrications making rounds regarding the Canadian health insurance system. The CH is a nonprofit public policy research organization in Canada.