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1. Architect of Canadian health care system wants private health care

   blue note replied to ACU_RN's topic in Activism

   The writer of that piece, David Grazter, has a history of distorting opinions to suit his own political agenda. Mediamatters reported on how an op-ed piece of his falsely suggested that Canadian orthopedic surgeon Dr. Brian Day, a former president o...

2. Architect of Canadian health care system wants private health care

   blue note replied to ACU_RN's topic in Activism

   I thought so too.

3. Obama's health plan takes shape

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   And now, for some health care reform humor, with charts! Courtesy of Ezra Klein from the WaPo. John Boehner's office tries to make the House Dems' plan look really scary, via chart! (click for larger version) Here's the Dems' response to Boehner'...

4. Private insurance, most efficient , cost effective funding of Healthcare ?

   blue note replied to nicurn001's topic in Activism

   Here you go: Side-by-side comparison of major health care reform proposals

5. Private insurance, most efficient , cost effective funding of Healthcare ?

   blue note replied to nicurn001's topic in Activism

   U.S. Health Spending Breaks From the Pack The U.S. is the only industrialized country that doesn't have universal health care, and it spends a much higher percentage of its GDP, and much more per person, on health care than its peers. Since 1980, the...

6. Interview with a former health insurance company exec

   blue note replied to blue note's topic in Activism

   The former CIGNA exec, Wendell Porter, was on Bill Moyer's Journal recently. You can watch the video of the interview on the PBS site. From the transcript: On why he started speaking out: On Michael Moore's "Sicko": On a public plan:

7. Obama's health plan takes shape

   blue note replied to blue note's topic in Activism

   Anti-public plan Sen. DeMint inadvertently concedes that public plan won't take over the market (source)

8. Private insurance, most efficient , cost effective funding of Healthcare ?

   blue note replied to nicurn001's topic in Activism

   A Kaiser Foundation study found that many American companies do not offer health insurance to employees. Very small companies in particular are especially unlikely to provide such benefits: Even those that do provide benefits, of course, generally ...

9. Private insurance, most efficient , cost effective funding of Healthcare ?

   blue note replied to nicurn001's topic in Activism

   CDC: Private health care coverage at 50-year-low

10. Physicians' perspectives on health care reform

    blue note replied to blue note's topic in Activism

    Getting a second opinion on healthcare reform: There are voices besides the AMA LA Times

11. Insurance Executive Admits To Killing Patients

    blue note replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism

    New Report: Private Insurance Mergers Lead to Near-Monopolies Across the Country Full article here

12. Private insurance, most efficient , cost effective funding of Healthcare ?

    blue note replied to nicurn001's topic in Activism

    who's afraid of public insurance? full article at national journal the writer discusses several recent surveys and polls showing high support for a public option - check out the consumer assessment of healthcare providers and systems survey he mentio...

13. Insurance Executive Admits To Killing Patients

    blue note replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism

    We Must Stop the Rampant Fraud in the Health Care Industry by Sen. Bernie Sanders (a real health care reformer)

14. Insurance Executive Admits To Killing Patients

    blue note replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism

    Even those with health insurance are going broke Full article at Seattle Times

15. Insurance Executive Admits To Killing Patients

    blue note replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism

    Yet, they are adamant about not letting the government compete in a free market by offering a public option as an alternative to the private insurance companies.