Category Archives: health care

Mythbusting Canadian Health Care — Part I | OurFuture.org

It is true that Canada’s system is not the same as the U.S. system. It’s designed to deliver a somewhat different product, to a population that has somewhat different expectations. But the end result is that the vast majority of Canadians get the vast majority of what they need the vast majority of the time. [...]

Happy 35th Birthday Roe v. Wade

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Happy 35th Birthday Roe v. Wade [VIDEO]
Today, we owe it to ourselves, and the generations of women and activists before us, to celebrate 35 years of women collectively fighting to uphold the legal right to abortion and for accessibility to quality healthcare in the name of self determination, autonomy, political and social [...]

US dead last in healthcare: study

AFP: France is healthcare leader, US comes dead last: study
WASHINGTON (AFP) — France is tops, and the United States dead last, in providing timely and effective healthcare to its citizens, according to a survey Tuesday of preventable deaths in 19 industrialized countries.
The study by the Commonwealth Fund and published in the January/February issue of the [...]

New Health Care Ad: Every American Deserves CheneyCare

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: New Health Care Ad: Every American Deserves CheneyCare
Last month, the California Nurses Association and the National Nurses Organizing Committee ran ads in Iowa newspapers advocating for a single-payer health-care bill, highlighting the fact Vice President Dick Cheney has benefited from his government-provided coverage. “If he were anyone else, he’d probably be dead [...]