This 22 second statement has got to be seen to be believed. Anyone this math-challenged shouldn't be discussing the Canadian health care system and shouldn't be on the air at all. Via Media Matters. Interesting statistic that the average Canadian lives almost 2 years longer than the average American. BTW, did you know that O'Reilly's average viewer is 71 years old? Who is he going to replace those viewers with in coming years?
From Daily Kos, here's a long list of words you'll never hear in the Canadian health care system. They include:
"Out of network" COBRA Co-Pay Pre-existing condition. uninsurable profit recissionAdditional note via Open Left:
By an overwhelming margin, Canadians prefer the Canadian health care system to the American one. Overall, 82% said they preferred the Canadian system, fully ten times the number who said the American system is superior (8%).And consider this challenge to the GOP by Rep Anthony Weiner (via Michael Moore):