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	<title>Dump the Sick? &#187; video</title>
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	<description>a Canadian sounds off for U.S. single-payer health care</description>
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		<title>WellPoint Subsidiary Fights Maine Over Big Rate Hike (VIDEO)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:38:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is the latest video on the big health insurers from Brave New Films, this time looking at Wellpoint's efforts to sue the government of Maine for not allowing them to significantly raise premium rates. 

Nothing seems to slow these health insurance companies down, give them pause, fear backlash, etc...

I guess it's because the corporations aren't people, just profit-seeking entities. But what about public relations as an engine of profit, as I learned in my (misguided) business school days?]]></description>
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Nothing seems to slow these health insurance companies down, give them pause, fear backlash, etc&#8230;</p>
<p>I guess it&#8217;s because the corporations aren&#8217;t people, just profit-seeking entities.  But what about public relations as an engine of profit, as I learned in my (misguided) business school days?</p>
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<p>Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Maine, a subsidiary of WellPoint, the nation&#8217;s largest insurer, wanted the state to approve an average rate hike of 18.5 percent on its policyholders. Maine rejected the increase and now the insurer is fighting for the hike in court.<br />
<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/05/wellpoint-subsidiary-figh_n_309529.html">Read the Article at HuffingtonPost</a></p>
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		<title>You Tube videos on Canadian health care</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are a lot of useful videos on You Tube debunking myths of Canadian healthcare and explaining it's value. Here are a few...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are a lot of useful videos on You Tube debunking myths of Canadian healthcare and explaining it&#8217;s value. Here are a few&#8230;</p>
<p><a title="Tommy Douglas medicare talk 1983" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2oUInTUlAM" target="_blank">Tommy Douglas on Future of Medicare (1983)</a><br />
The &#8216;father&#8217; of Canadian medicare talks about its value and the threats to it&#8217;s existence</p>
<p><a title="Message to Americans" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXXBCFnhsUc" target="_blank">Universal Health Care Message to Americans From Canadian Doctors &amp; Health Care Experts</a><br />
Former Saskatchewan Premier (State Governor) Roy Romanow and many others go over the value of a publicly financed health system.</p>
<p><a title="Universal Health care message - " href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3EoziMcFvE" target="_blank">Universal Health Care Message To Americans From Canada</a><br />
A funny message to &#8216;my friends&#8217; in the U.S. about universal health care and the truth about Canadian publicly funded health care. &#8220;The world is rooting for you.&#8217;</p>
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