In the middleAn email conversation with Barrett Bonden regarding President Obama's proposed healthcare reform plan and the misrepresentation in US press of England's National Health Service led to BB's post about the NHS.
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If you wonder what Brits think of their NHS - some of them, at least - visit BB's blog and be sure to read the comments left there. The cartoon above was attached to this article, which you also might find interesting.
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I'm off to do a bit of research of my own, in an effort to get beyond the hysteria and name-calling on both sides of the Congressional aisle, to try to get to the truth.
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Wish me luck; I'm going to need it, I think.
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PS: June Saville, in Australia, addressed this very subject a few weeks ago: check it out here. Also, check Marja-Leena's link, which she left in the comments.
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PPS: Check out the White House link to the Healthcare Reform program here: a very good place to start. Also, for a reality check, visit this White House spot.
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Joe Spado, of Round Circle blog, has this to say. Thank you, Joe.
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(Anyone with factual information, personal experiences with US care or any of the other healthcare systems mentioned, feel free to leave a comment and/or links to reputable sources, honest opinion pieces. Cite your sources so I can check them out. [Hatefulness will be rejected, not that I expect that from anyone here.])
(c)2009 Martha McLemore
