Archive for December, 2008

What Health Care Reform DOESN’T Look Like

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

The Lady Logician has tracked down an article that paints an ugly picture of the Canadian health care system. She’s posted her thoughts about the Canadian health care system here. Here’s the appalling truth about the Canadian health care system:

Emergency room waiting times at some Ontario hospitals are prompting seriously ill people to walk away, sometimes with fatal results, health officials say. Dr. Sean Gartner says 11 per cent of the people who came to the emergency room at his hospital in Guelph last month ended up leaving without receiving treatment.

A few months earlier, Gartner said an elderly man who left after he became tired of waiting was later found dead.

In February, Patricia Vepari, a 21-year-old engineering student, arrived at a Kitchener hospital emergency room with a fever, sore throat and nausea.

Facing an eight-hour wait, she decided to go home, where she died of an infection.

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Defiant Blagojevich Names Obama’s Replacement

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

Nobel for Sale

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

California Teachers’ Latest Scam

Monday, December 22nd, 2008

“Thank You” from Robert Gallo MD

Friday, December 19th, 2008

Chicago Hope

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008

NEA’s Fearmongers Attack Academic Bill of Rights

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008

Are We Watching The Political Pendulum Switch?

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008

Nobel Prize for Sale

Friday, December 12th, 2008

The Democratic Culture of Corruption

Thursday, December 11th, 2008