Posts tagged 'universal'

Americans Evenly Split on Obamacare – Media and White House Spin Working?

by SteveK @ Thursday, October 8th, 2009. Tags: , , , , , , , , ,
Filed under Culture, Government, Healthcare, Media

It seems the mainstream media’s nonstop advertising for government-controlled health care is starting to sway more gullible Americans. When the media supports just about anything the government proposes, usually nothing good can come from it. If government bureaucrats and paper-pushers end up controlling medical care, that care will inevitably suffer in the long run. But [...]

Are Canadians Happy With Their Health Care System?

by SteveK @ Friday, July 10th, 2009. Tags: , , , , , , , , ,
Filed under Government, Healthcare

This can be a somewhat tricky question. Those defending nationalized medical care offer primarily one argument - that people are happy with it according to polls. A more important question is whether or not the actual medical care for serious conditions is better or not. But let’s go back to the first question.
The results of [...]

ABC Health Care Special: Misleading Responses From Obama

by SteveK @ Thursday, June 25th, 2009. Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,
Filed under Government, Healthcare, Media

As has been widely reported and expected, ABC’s “Prescription for America” turned out to be another one-sided ‘debate’ from the establishment media. Normally in a debate there are at least two opposing sides. However, everyone in the show from the ‘moderator’ to the network’s medical editor were on the same side.
Furthermore, ABC’s pre-screened audience was [...]

ABC’s Health Care Special: Infomercial For Obama, and No Opposition Allowed

by SteveK @ Thursday, June 18th, 2009. Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,
Filed under Healthcare, Media

ABC’s biased “Prescription for America” will be giving Obama a free platform to promote his health care reform plan. However, no opposing viewpoints will be presented, as the station is not featuring any Republicans on the program to balance the president’s proposals. ABC’s Charlie Gibson and Diane Sawyer are to ‘moderate’ the nationally televised infomercial. In an [...]

Obama Pushes to Nationalize Health Care - More Socialism?

by SteveK @ Tuesday, June 16th, 2009. Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,
Filed under Economics, Government, Healthcare, Media

If state-run health care has more benefits than drawbacks, then why are countries with socialized medicine reforming with more privatization? European countries are starting to move away from socialized medicine as larger percentages of the population are losing faith in their government-run systems. The dissatisfaction is not only over longer waiting periods for elective procedures, [...]

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