Patients United Now,
which is a project of Americans for Prosperity Foundation, is now
running an effective TV ad opposing President Obama's socialist
healthcare scheme.
It features patient Shona Holmes of Waterdown, Ontario,
Canada. As her brain tumor grew, Holmes was told by Canada's
dysfunctional government-run healthcare system that she
would have to wait for six months to see a specialist. "In six
months I would have died," Holmes says in the spot. The Mayo
Clinic where Holmes received successful treatment tells her story
at
its website. Mayo is also
fiercely critical of ObamaCare.
Of course the liberal journalists at CNN --in this case Dana Bash
and Lesa Jansen-- who are cheering for ObamaCare attempted
to discredit Holmes in a
recent news package. They were unable to do so but did manage
to find another patient who claims to have received speedy
treatment following a cancer diagnosis. Nonetheless on average
Canadians have to wait a long time before receiving medical
treatment for serious ailments as Canada's preeminent think tank,
the Fraser Institute, has demonstrated time and time again. (See
PDF file of the Fraser Institute's "Waiting
Your Turn: Hospital Waiting Lists in Canada," 2008 Report,
18th edition.)
CNN also managed to pull Canadian Sen.
Hugh Segal away from the all-you-can-eat buffet for a quote.
Segal is what's known in Canada as a "Red Tory." In other
words he may belong to the Conservative Party but he's
ideologically a liberal with very little in common with American
conservatives. Not surprisingly, this soulmate of Lincoln
Chafee defended Canada's universal healthcare system. (By
the way, the Canadian Senate is unelected. Its members are
appointed by the Queen on the advice of the prime minister so it
bears more than a passing resemblance to the British House of
Lords. It is a final resting place for political has beens who
are free there to bloviate blissfully without the public even
noticing.)
The well-practiced liar who would feel perfectly at home in
America's Democratic Party told CNN his "fellow
conservatives" in the U.S. are dead wrong about Canada's
healthcare system. "What you have is a longer life span, better
outcomes and about one-third less costs. That's what you have,"
said Segal as he resisted the urge to snarf down a dozen Timbits.
