The GOP Wants To Shout Down Health Care Reform

Obama death squads? Mobs at health care town halls are grassroots protest? Doesn't seem to be the case. They're PR operatives getting rich scaring Americans about health care reform.

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reBlog from: The Garland Area Democratic Club Blog: More Health Care Scare Tactics

I found this fascinating quote today:

The brainwashing talking points are well known: "Busloads of people coming down from Canada because they can't get health care there.""We don't want the government getting between us and our doctors.""People in Canada have to wait for months to see their doctors." So what do real people in Canada say?Joe Mama, The Garland Area Democratic Club Blog: More Health Care Scare Tactics, Jul 2009

You should read the whole article.

The Bush-Cheney Solution for Child Health Insurance

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Socialized Medicine

As soon as the subject of health care is concerned, the right wing usually hauls out the socialized medicine charge. While this has the intended effect of scaring people, it's just not true. Socialized medicine means that the government owns it. The hospitals and medical facilities in Canada are private. They claim, falsely, that people in Canada have to wait years for elective surgery. They try to paint the Canadian health care system as something that's inferior, something that Canadians are stuck with. But any attempt by politicians in Canada to modify their universal health care is met with resistance by most Canadians. So either they're a nation of brainwashed people or they really do feel that they have a health care system that they don't want politicians to mess with.

Some of the most advanced surgery techniques have been performed in Canada. When intricate surgery has to be done, Canada is advanced as any developed nation. Here's a recent story from the CBC.

Year-long treatment at Toronto hospital

The Vietnamese boy first came to Canada in June after workers with the Ontario charity noticed him at an orphanage north of Hanoi during a trip.Hoang Son Pham hopes that doctors can remove his facial tumour, which is caused by a buildup of blood vessels.Hoang Son Pham hopes that doctors can remove his facial tumour, which is caused by a buildup of blood vessels. Vietnamese doctors lacked the expertise and technical equipment to treat the boy's tumour, which is caused by a buildup of blood vessels and is slowly ballooning over his mouth. So the group brought him to Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children to be assessed for treatment.

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A Commander in Chief Who Knows Nothing About War

The Young Republican who asks a question and then starts throwing the the conservative talking points about the government being evil is interesting. He got a chance to present his propaganda from Limbaugh and Hannity.

Canadians Tell You The Truth About Health Care in Canada

The usual talking points against a national health care plan is that it's "socialized medicine" and in Canada, they have to wait months for elective surgery. Anybody who lives in a border state or anybody who has friends or relatives in Canada, knows this is just nonsense. Hospitals and the medical community are not owned by the government, so it's not socialized medicine and the waiting times are no different than they are anywhere else. I have health insurance that costs me over $300 per month and I had to wait six weeks with excruciating back pain before I could see a Neurologist. Is that long enough?

It now appears that Michael Moore has received a subpoena regarding his recent trip to Cuba made as part of his new film, Sicko. It shouldn't be surprising, I suppose.

Tuesday, July 24, 2007 11:17 PM
Within 10 Minutes I Was in a Bed

From: Al
Date: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 8:51 AM
To: mmflint@aol.com
Subject: Hospital Care in Canada

Hello Mr. Moore,

Great job as always with Sicko! It was very interesting to see the way your health care system operates. I have many friends that live in the US, and it makes me sad knowing they may end up in a situation like the ones shown in your movie. I had always presumed that if you had health insurance in the US, you were covered. I didn’t know about all the red tape that comes with it.

I would like to share a story about the health care system in Canada. Please know that this is not a criticism on your system, but a clarification on our system. While my story isn’t as drastic as some of the others on the site, it does point out the incredible care that I received.

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