Canada's Health Care System- from Danny

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Thank you for signing the petition standing up for the truth about the
health care system in Canada.

Our voices will help shift the media debate in the US -- and we'll deliver
our message to wavering US Senators this month before they cast their vote
in Congress.

Forward the link or email below to friends and family in Canada and help
stop lies about our system from undoing Obama's whole movement for change in
the US:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/reform_health_care/97.php?cl_tta_sign=f9d9c849118ab66824b1399f5c0b906c

Many thanks,

The Avaaz team

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Here's the original email you can forward to your friends:

Dear friends,

Obama's movement for change in the US is collapsing -- in large part because
of lies about the Canadian healthcare system!

It's incredible, but Obama's health plan, and with it his entire Presidency,
could be derailed because big corporations and the radical right manage to
convince Americans that our health system is a nightmare similar to "Soviet
Russia".

We need a huge popular outcry to show the truth -- how proud and grateful we
are in Canada to have a public healthcare system that works. Sign on to the
message to America and forward this email -- if enough of us sign, we'll
cause a stir in US media and help change the debate:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/reform_health_care/97.php?cl_tta_sign=f9d9c849118ab66824b1399f5c0b906c

US healthcare is run by large corporations - it's the most expensive in the
world, but ranks 37th in quality, and 40 million Americans can't afford any
care at all. It's an awful system for people, but corporations make enormous
profits, so they're fighting to keep it. If they win and Obama fails, the
Democrats could lose the Congress in elections next year. If this happens,
progress on every global issue is endangered, from climate change to the war
in Iraq.

We have no time to lose. Industry lobbyists are ramping up their smear
campaigns right now to make sure the Obama plan is dead on arrival when
Congress meets in September. Americans are hearing a constant barrage of
propaganda that Canadian healthcare is a nightmare. Let's say it ain't so
below:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/reform_health_care/97.php?cl_tta_sign=f9d9c849118ab66824b1399f5c0b906c

Canadian healthcare isn't perfect -- but it works far better than the US
system. Let's stand up to the lies, and help save Obama's movement for
change with the truth about Canada's healthcare system.

With hope,

Ricken, Brett, Benjamin, Alice, Graziela, Paula, Paul, Pascal and the whole
Avaaz team.

Here's some links for more info:

Myths about the proposed health care reforms
http://www.communitycatalyst.org/projects/national_reform/alerts?id=0066

How health care works in Canada
http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/14/health-care-abroad-canada/?scp=15&sq=health&st=cse

Extreme tactics of the conservative right
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/health/policy/04townhalls.html
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-08-17-voa45.cfm

Canada's health care system under attack
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/08/18/the_most_outrageous_us_lies_about_global_healthcare?page=0,0
http://mediamatters.org/research/200904290032
http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/world/2009/08/10/10419141-sun.html
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=N2M0ODk0OTNkZjkwNGM4OGMyYTEwYWY3ODUzMzFiOTc=

Paul Krugman on health care
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/17/opinion/17krugman.html?_r=2&scp=31&sq=health&st=cse

The extent of the health care lobby
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aZdbr0YXz5jI

Health insurers stocks rise as health care plans fade
http://www.reuters.com/article/hotStocksNews/idUSTRE57G4BU20090817?sp=true

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