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tales from socialized medicine! No care better than bad care.

andy77e @andy77e (5156) • United States 30 Jan 13

Every month or so I start thinking there should be yet another fruity horror story from socialized medicine in the news, and I was right again! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-21249500 London England, in the...

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Americans are you for or against health care reform.

sharone74 @sharone74 (4837) • United States 24 Mar 10

What political party do you belong to, if you belong to one at all? I do not, but the battle lines seem clearly to fall along political party lines. So what is your party, do you support or oppose health care reforms in America?...

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Sarah Palin admits to traveling to Canada for Socialized Health Care

barehugs @barehugs (8973) • Canada 21 Mar 10

In November of 2009, Sarah Palin — who is always suggesting that health care reform will lead to socialism — insisted that Canada needs to reform its health care system to “let the private sector take over.” But this past Saturday...

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not so bad

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If Tripp Palin receives Socialized Medicine, why is it so evil??

Wendy @jerzgirl (9384) • United States 21 Feb 10

Sarah Palin has railed against any form of Socialized Medicine. Ill-informed citizens have carried placards saying "Keep the government's hands off my Medicare" - never once realizing that Medicare IS socialized medical care!...

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Baby born 48 hours too soon left to die by doctors because Government guideline

AnjaP @Rollo1 (16676) • Boston, Massachusetts 12 Sep 09

prohibits them. This is how care is rationed in government run health care. There's been a lot of talk about "death panels" and of course, the chosen examples are always about "pulling the plug on Grandma" an example used...

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Socialized Medicine?

Volcom9681 @Volcom9681 (46) • United States 16 Feb 09

Wouldn't we be better off trying to socialize medicine as a whole with these economic solutions?

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Please Don't Elect Barack Obama

wsue1023 @wsue1023 (1395) • United States 20 Sep 08

Our country is still vulnerable to terrorist attack... I'm voting for John McCain. Raising taxes on the middle class (even the upper middle class) is not going to create jobs or stimulate the economy. In fact, those businesses...

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Socialized Health Care: Are Democrats Right? Is This the Answer?

mehale @mehale (2200) • United States 21 Jan 08

Are Hillary and Edwards right? Is socialized medicine the answer to America's rising health care costs and problems? I have to admit that I don't like the idea of the Government being able to tell me I have to go to a doctor or do...

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Socialized Medicine

lee828 @lee828 (12) • United States 20 Feb 07

I recently had a family member spend 3 days in the hospital in a large metropolitan city in the U.S. The diagnosis was a severe infection but there was no surgery, no consults with specialists, no intensive care etc...she received...

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