Author: cmh

Scientific American: We’re Number Two: Canada Has as Good or Better Health Care than the U.S.

Scientific American: We’re Number Two: Canada Has as Good or Better Health Care than the U.S.: “Despite spending half what the U.S. does on health care, Canada doesn’t appear to be any worse at looking after the health of its citizens

By Christopher Mims

The relative merits of the U.S. versus Canadian health care systems are often cast in terms of anecdotes… “

CNN.com – Situation Room on Mental Health careTranscripts

CNN.com – Situation Room on Mental Healthcare:
THE SITUATION ROOM
“Did Mental Health System Fail Virginia Tech Gunman?”

BLITZER: My next guest is an author of a powerful book. It’s entitled, “Crazy: A Father’s Search through America’s Mental Health Madness.” Pete Earley is joining us here in THE SITUATION ROOM

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EARLEY: It’s very hard to get a person mental health services until they hurt someone or someone else and that’s just wrong. I live in Fairfax County, Virginia, one of the most richest counties in Virginia. There’s a two-month wait to get someone into a treatment program, a six-month wait to get a case manager, 18-year wait to get someone into housing. That’s how bad our mental health services are. They’re just not funded.

The truth about European health care. A TNR debate, Day 4

The truth about European health care. A TNR debate, Day 4: “A TNR Online Debate
Universal Health Scare
by Jonathan Cohn & David Gratzer
Only at TNR Online Post date 04.19.07 “

Part 4 of The New Republic’s Healthcare debate. Don’t forget to read the discussions!

How to fix health care at home. A TNR debate, Day 3

How to fix health care at home. A TNR debate, Day 3: “A TNR Online Debate
Universal Health Scare
by Jonathan Cohn & David Gratzer
Only at TNR Online Post date 04.18.07

This is the third part of a four-part debate. To read the previous installments, click on the links on the linked page.

The discussions are very good, don’t skip them.