yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 6/12/2009
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Royal Gwent Hospital (NHS Photo)
One thing I always wonder about critics of government involvement in health care is how is it that the British system is so terrible, nobody seems to have told the UK’s population? Here, for example, is the Conservative Party’s policy statement ...
online.wsj.com - 6/11/2009
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About Karl Rove Karl Rove served as Senior
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and Deputy Chief of Staff from 2004 2007. At the White House he oversaw the Offices of Strategic Initiatives, Political Affairs, Public Liaison, and ...
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How to Stop Socialized Health Care
voices.washingtonpost.com - 6/9/2009
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Why didn't you quote the Post's own poll?
Here is a question from a Washington Post -...
ABC poll: "Which would you prefer: the current health insurance system in the United States, in which most people get their health insurance from private employers, ...
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Ezra Klein
- Health Reform for Beginners: The ...
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NHS Does Kind Of Suck
Eschaton —
The thing is, the NHS does kind of suck. But still no serious British politician discusses scrapping it. They promise more money, they might suggest tinkering around the edges. They promise to, if not necessarily succeed at, making it better. But it isn't going anywhere. ...
Right-Wing Health Care Group Tricked British Women Into Appearing In Anti-Reform Ad
Think Progress —
... CPR’s ad campaign is one of many misleading attacks being used by American conservatives against the United Kingdom’s single-payer health care system, which is so popular that even Conservative Party politicians unambiguously endorse it. ...
Right-Wing Health Care Group Tricked British Women Into Appearing In Anti-Reform Ad
The Hollywood Liberal —
... the footage would be used as part of a TV advertising campaign carried on US networks . The Daily Mail article goes on to note that both Spall and Brickell actually support government-run health care and were advocating for reforms within the NHS, not for its abolition. CPR’s ad campaign is one of many misleading attacks being used by American conservatives against the United Kingdom’s single-payer health care system, which is so popular that even Conservative Party politicians unambiguously endorse it . The right-wing Investor’s Business Daily (IBD) ran an editorial ...
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