European Health Care Not Moore's Utopia
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"Even if you are a refugee, there is nobody who cannot access health care in the U.K."  When Penny Campbell fell ill after a routine surgery in March 2005, the 41-year-old mother did what many Britons are instructed to do to avoid clogging up the country's emergency rooms: She called a telephone help line staffed by doctors.With worsening symptoms over the next four days, Campbell spoke to six doctors and saw two in person. When she was finally diagnosed with a blood infection, it was too late: Hours later, Campbell died from multi-organ failure.A government report blames a 'major systems failure' in the socialized health service's ability to access care outside doctors' normal working hours. The case stands in contrast to the praise lavished on Europe's socialized health systems in Michael Moore's new documentary, 'Sicko,' opening nationally this weekend. Read more
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Five hundred and ninety-six patients, from seven countries (Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom) were included in this retrospective analysis* of patients who originally ...
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EU patients should have the right to travel to other member states for treatment, the health commissioner says.
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The government's plans in terms of healthcare policy and medicines, use of EU funds for health care from 2007, the new drug reimbursement list and many other issues were discussed at the First Economist ...
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa Former Canadian Prime Minister Jean (Zhen&#39;) Cretien (KREH-tee-en&#39;) says his former country&#39;s single-payer health care system works well, but isn&#39;t perfect.
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Rising rates of cancer diagnosis will increase the strain on European health care systems,  experts warn.
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Patients should be able to go to other member countries for treatment, the EU health commissioner says.
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The United Kingdom is one of the few developed countries that have not implemented universal immunisation.
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Patients in the UK's four nations are getting different services following devolution, say health chiefs.
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With the rising cost of health care and over 45-million Americans uninsured, many believe America&#39;s healthcare system needs work.
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Dr. Richard F. Daines would like health care institutions to come into alignment with patients rather than the other way around.
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"Once a body has economic activities attached to it, then there can be a distortion of competition and it wouldn't be the first time we look at advantages given to the Church in various member states"  BRUSSELS, Belgium-The European Commission has asked the Italian government to explain a tax break for Catholic Church clinics or hostels that may break EU rules on state subsidies by giving an unfair advantage ... via FindLaw
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If the government gets its way, more than a million patients will be operated on by surgeons from the private rather than public health sector.
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With a comprehensive immigration overhaul now perhaps years away, Latin American governments concerned with the well-being of their nationals living in this country are taking on an equally thorny issue: the U.S. health-care system.
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Our health care system is a frustrating mix of routine miracles and scandalous failures. The miracles abound; Bill Clintonâs recent open-heart surgery was cutting-edge a few decades ago.
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BRUSSELS, Jun 22 (IPS) - Increases in development aid will not be sufficient  to reach the United Nations targets on improving health in poor  countries, a new European Parliament report has warned.
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Michael Moore's editorial-umentary calls for universal free healthcare.