Debunking Canadian Health Care Myths

I just read one of the most enlightening articles comparing our health system to Canada. In addition to reading this article I recently watch a program online from PBS about how inferior our health care is in relation to Canada and nearly all of Europe. I had no idea that we spend nearly 17% of our GDP on health care while others are spending 10%. With their 10% they're covering 100% of their citizens while our 17% leaves out more than 15% of our citizens. That's nearly 47 million Americans!

The fear tactics of "wait times" and "government control" are unfounded. They're simply fear tactics spread by the large insurance and pharmacy corporations to scare us in to not taking the appropriate action of single payer health care, or at the least a public option.

Everyone needs to call their congressmen (DC switchboard: 202-224-3121) and demand either single payer or a public option to bring health care to ALL American citizens and bring the prices of private health insurance down. What would you do with the extra 6% of your yearly income? I know of a few ways I could stimulate my local economy...

I've left my thoughts and comments on the two following articles.

Debunking Canadian health care myths:
http://www.denverpost.com/recommended/ci_12523427

Colorado Senator Polis: Obama will help individuals, economy:
http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_12940518

PBS Special:
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/07102009/watch2.html

After watching the following PBS special tell me what you think of the the underlying truth about our "best health care system in the world". Feel a little blindsided yet?I've made my phone calls. Now it's your turn.

Date Night

Ryan and I had such a wonderful date night. Back in January we bought tickets to Rent on Broadway. Two of the original cast members, Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal, were on tour. What an honor it was to have the chance to watch tonight's production. Thirteen years after it was first performed on Broadway in New York we watched Rent on Broadway in Denver! We had such a wonderful time. The audience was ecstatic from beginning to end. On the news this afternoon, before leaving the house, we saw an interview our local channel had with Rapp and Pascal. The news caster was talking about how loud the crowd was at Tuesday nights opening production. There was the expected range of emotions, from joy to appreciation, love, and sadness and tears.

I failed to put the SD card in the camera, so unfortunately we only have a couple of pictures from the internal memory. We did take a picture on my phone. It turned out, but is a bit grainy. I do wish we had been able to take more.

Before Rent I made reservations at Osteria Marco. It was a chance for me to surprise Ryan and show him how much I love him and appreciate how hard he is working toward getting a job. He knew we were going to dinner, but didn't know where. I was introduced to Osteria Marco a few months ago by some friends, during the campaign. It's an elegant Italian restaurant in Larimer Square, a mere four blocks from the Buell Theatre. If you haven't been there yet, I highly recommend it.

Enjoy the attached pictures and know you're all in our thoughts. We excited and expect an equally impressive production of Wicked in the fall.