Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion The Water Cooler Despicable US Healthcare Commercial - Not Right!

Without doing too much googling, these TV spots were censored by big broadcasters.

Both the broadcaster and the lobby groups are culpable. Mainstream media is driven by corporate sponsorship, that's why there's so much synergy in media now.

Here are some stories that weren't shown, because of this.

Hey Cam

I hope your test come back OK.

Interesting note here. Canadians voted Tommy Dougles as the greatest Canadian ever. No, not a hockey player, not involved with beer creation, not a moose or beaver hunter, not an RCMP officer or even a Prime Minister. Just the guy that gave us our current healtcare system.

http://www.cbc.ca/greatest/top_ten/nominee/douglas-tommy.html

I couldn't agree more. However, I bet John Labbatt was a close second, LOL!

pn

Thanks man, I've already got disappointing news about my sores, and one of my kidneys (stones), so let's hope that I don't have osteomyelitis. Taking a toll, but I should find out by tomorrow.

I agree completely.

I think that you will find that most Canadians are happy with the system we have here. Thats not to say that its perfect, but its pretty damn good.

The Seminal is an excellent source, always enjoy seeing it quoted!

Ditto! In fact I feel very fortunate to live under such a system.

I dunno, John. Do you really consider it a "balanced" approach to show Canadians a video, produced in another country, critical of the Canadian health care system and THEN ask them what they think of the Canadian health care system? Wouldn't it be a tad more "balanced" to simply ask them what they think of the Canadian health care system BEFORE showing them a video which could very possibly bias their answers?

Possibly not Jack, but you would get largely the same answer either way.

Jack. Maybe they haven't figured out how to do a blind test on this subject.

Seriously, that crossection really is indicative of what most people here think about the two systems. There always going to be people who have a "horror" story to tell regardless of what health care they have. I've personally never encountered anyone who had to leave the country to get treated but it has been known to happen. I don't like our system because its very expensive to maintain and inefficient from a taxation point of view but like most folks here, I can justify it because of ease of access (just show a health card at the hospital or clinic) and the greater average life spans that Canadians enjoy compared to Americans.

Possibly, possibly not. Either way, my questions were in regard to John's characterizing this specific example as "balanced." I feel reasonable in saying it was not.