Dying on a Wait List?

Perhaps the most emotional of the health care ads we’ve seen in recent months is the one featuring Canadian Shona Holmes, who warns of the dangers of a government-run health care system. Holmes tells viewers: "I survived a brain tumor. But if I’d relied on my government, I’d be dead. … As my brain tumor got worse, my government health care system told me I had to wait six months to see a specialist. In six months, I would have died.” Full Story »

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Aldene Fredenburg
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by Aldene Fredenburg - Aug. 13, 2009

Yes. Didn't overplay the emphasis on the exaggeration by the patient, included some possible negative effects of delay of treatment.

I am always baffled at people's willingness to lie to promote their own viewpoint.

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