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Medical Rationing in the US and Canada
Both the U.S. and Canada ration medical services. In the US, rationing is based on ability to pay. Canada rations by under-funding the medical system, bringing inequality through the back door.
Continue reading...RN to RN: A Conversation of Global Concern
Friday, April 17, 2009
"I’m struck by our similar concerns, even though we care for different kinds of patients in three different countries with different health-care systems."
Continue reading...The Fight to Save Ontario Hospitals
Monday, February 9, 2009
We need to build an active and militant campaign to save Ontario hospitals.
Continue reading...Blood Money
Sunday, November 23, 2008
The billions of dollars being lavished on banks and other corporations is blood money. It's available only because people like Heather are being robbed of their kidneys, their health and their lives.
Continue reading...My Pain, Their Gain
Friday, August 29, 2008
by Jane Edgett -- Alberta used me to wipe out its deficit and justify privatizing its medical system.
Continue reading...Wanted: Health Care not Disease Care
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Capitalism cannot deliver genuine health care. A real health-care system would oppose profitable practices like hazardous work, adulterated food, industrial pollution and wars of acquisition. Putting health first requires a fundamentally different social system.
Continue reading...Their Globalization or Ours?
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Governments and corporations are shaping globalization the same way they shaped automation, to boost profits at workers’ expense.
Continue reading...Caring for Profit in Canada’s Medical System
Monday, February 1, 1999
In Caring for Profit, Colleen Fuller exposes the corporate players and their allies in medicine and government who are opening Canada’s health-care system to market forces.
Continue reading...The Myth of Scarcity, Managed Care and Modern Malthusians
Friday, January 1, 1999
The myth of scarcity is used to limit access to medical care and other social services. In reality, society has more than enough resources to meet human needs.
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