National Health Service

Violetta Aylward, UK Nurse, Turns Off Man's Life Support By Mistake (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: England, UK, Violetta Aylward, Paralyzed Man, Wiltshire, Great Britain, Nurse Turns Off Ventilator, Jamie Merrett, Patient, Ventilator, National Health Service, Video, World News

A paralyzed man in the U.K. was left brain-damaged after a nurse working in his home accidentally switched off his ventilator, the BBC is reporting. ...

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Obesity: The World's Domestic Dilemma

David Kirchhoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scientific Research, Weight Watchers, Sweden, Health, Public/Private Partnerships, National Health Service, Physician, Obesity, Healthcare, Advocacy, Impact News

With an estimated 1.6 billion obese or overweight people in the world, the current obesity crisis is one of those critical issues that will test our global community's strength.

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My Bout with Socialist Medicine, British Style

Michael Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Socialized Medicine, National Health Service, Socialism, Public Health Care Option, Comedy News

In a recent trip to England, I was struck by a severe case of sciatica. With excruciating pain, I was forced to face the nightmare of the National Health System.

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Who Is Don Berwick and Why Do the Republicans Want to Kill His Nomination?

Linda Bergthold | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Don Berwick, Media Matters, President Obama, Preventable-Deaths, Medical Errors, National Health Service, Medicare, Medicaid, politico.com, Maggie Mahar, Politics News

One of the major accusations against Obama's nominee to head up the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, Dr. Donald Berwick, is that he "loves" Britain's National Health Service. Ergo, he loves socialism, ergo he is a Marxist.

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Patients' Medical Records Go Online Without Consent, Doctors Warn

Telegraph | Kate Devlin, Medical Correspondent | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: National Health Service, NHS Database, Confidential Medical Records, Medical Records Online, Online Medical Records, Technology News

Patients' confidential medical records are being placed on a controversial NHS database without their knowledge, doctors' leaders have warned. ...

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Health Care: Why I Had My Second Baby in the UK

Helen I. Hwang | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: UK Health Care Services, Health Care Reform, Pregnancy, Universal Health Care, National Health Service, Health Care, UK Health Care, Healthy Living News

I had my first baby under private health care in the U.S. and then my next one under socialized medicine in the U.K. The differences in the two systems are enlightening, to say the least.

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Canadians Defend Their Health Care System In Video

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics News, Universal Health Care, Video, Government Health Care, Canadians, Health Care Reform, Socialized Medicine, Canada, National Health Service, Nhs, Video Canadian Health Care, Eat the Press, Media News

One of the unfortunate side-effects of the often confused health care reform discourse is the way so many perfectly nice health care systems that oper...

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Swine Flu and Britain's "Socialized" Approach

Richard Walden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Medically-Uninsured, Blue Shield, Health Insurance, Single Payer, Blue Cross, National Health Service, Autism, Health Care, World News

Wanna have a good cry? Take a look at Britain's National Health Service website.

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Hey, Don't Save Me From Government Health Care!

Jon Soltz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, US Military, Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Affairs, Military, Health Care Reform, National Health Service, Votevets, Single Payer, Health Care, Obama Health Care, Tricare, Politics News

If government-run insurance and care is so evil and so horrible, then why do conservatives keep supporting leaving America's troops and veterans in that kind of system?

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The Last Story on Reforming Health Care: We Have Nothing to Fear But Fear Itself

Miles J. Zaremski | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Fox TV, Fear-Mongering, Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself, Sarah Palin, Town Hall Debate, Obama Healthcare, Ann Coulter, Universal Healthcare, Healthcare Debate, Private Insurance, Sean Hannity, National Health Service, Town Hall Meetings, Private Insurance Industry, Healthcare Costs, Politics News

The debate over health care reform has turned to politics of fear and fear-mongering, instead of focusing on facts and reality.

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Britons Defend Their Health Care From US Criticism

AP | GREGORY KATZ | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Bill, Gordon Brown, British Health Care System, Nhs, England, Health Care Reform, National Health Service, Health Care, British Health Care, Politics News

LONDON — Britons love to mock their National Health Service – just don't let anyone else poke fun at it. They particularly resent the Bri...

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British Defend Their Healthcare System

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Socialized Medicine, Nhs, Government Health Care, Daniel Hannan, National Health Service, Glenn Beck, Universal Health Care, Fox, Politics News

Where other British citizens saw gross lies, exaggerations, and frustrating half-truths, Graham Linehan saw a "golden opportunity to kickstart a campaign to redress the balance a little bit."

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British Health System Hits Back At U.S. Critics

AP | RAPHAEL G. SATTER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: British Health Care Services, UK Health Care Services, National Health Service, British Health Service, UK Health Care, British Health Care, Nhs, Politics News

LONDON — Britain's health care service says it is sick of being lied about. Pilloried by right-wing critics of President Barack Obama's health ...

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Part 3: Un-Spinning Healthcare Reform - The Economics

Kimberly Krautter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Clinton, Public Health Insurance Plan, Family Physician, President Obama, Georgia Association of Family Physicians, Deficit Neutral, Public Health, Congress, Obama-Healthcare-Reform, Tina Brown the Daily Beast, Barack Obama, Tina Brown, Cnn, Blue Dogs, Hospitals, Republicans in Name Only, President Bush, Healthcare Reform, Georgia W. Bush, President Clinton, Rinos, Healthcare, Blue Dog Democrats, Pay-Go, National Insurance Contributions, France, England, U.K., National Health Service, Tort Reform, Defensive Medicine, Politics News

I don't know about you, but one thin dime for every buck you make seems like a very easy trade for being able to see the doctor any time you need to.

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Reality Check: National Health Care is National Security

Dan Agin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Health, Pellagra, Health Care, Private Interests, National Health Service, Politics News

A public health service is not just a convenience, it's a vital part of the national security of a country.

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Two MS patients, one English, one American: Which One was Driven to Cut up his Pills, Lost his Home, and Went Bankrupt?

Harold Pollack | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Npr, Multiple Sclerosis, National Health Service, Joanne Silberner, Health Insurance, Politics News

Explain to me again slowly why we spend twice as much for healthcare as the British do, yet we still disparage their "socialized medicine" based on stereotyped images from decades ago?

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