Date: Thu Aug 20, 2009 10:44 am
Subject: They're Lying about Canada health--petition tomhaynespaton
Hello,
Please help our neighbours to the south who have no medical coverage or
treatment available.
You might wish to note the section below:
"How health care works in Canada
http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/14/health-care-abroad-canada/?scp\
=15&sq=health&st=cse
"(Interview with) Theodore R. Marmor is professor emeritus of public policy and
political
science at Yale University and a former fellow of the Canadian
Institute for Advanced Research. He is the author of “The Politics of
Medicare” (Aldine Transaction, 2000). He spoke to freelance writer
Sarah Arnquist."
Thanks,
Tom
They're lying about Canada
Ricken Patel - Avaaz.org to me show details 7:21 AM (4 hours ago) Reply
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Dear friends,
American corporations are spreading lies about Canadian health care to kill
Obama's health plan -- and with it his whole movement for change. Sign a message
to Americans about how Canada's system really works - and how much we value it.
Let's set the record straight!
Obama's movement for change in the US is at risk of 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 if 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
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
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_abo\
ut_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&s\
t=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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