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MN Gov Makes Then Breaks Health Care Truth Pledge

May 24, 2013 By News articles on health

Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, a Republican who is touring the country as he considers running for President said he would follow President Obama’s lead and “call out” people who spread lies or try to distort the facts in the health care debate. A few minutes later, Governor Pawlenty repeated a right-wing talking point about long waits for health care in Britain as reason for not going to a single-payer system because it would ration health care. Is that a lie? No… but it could be considered a distortion. According to British Parliament member Maria Eagle the story about long waits was true at one point, but no longer. “We’ve eliminated them” says Eagle. “We’ve done that by putting a lot of extra money in. By getting more doctors and nurses working for the health service and by focusing and targeting waiting lists to get rid of them.” The British National Health Service (NHS) says that in 1997 it wasn’t uncommon to wait 18 months for some procedures. Now more than 95% of all patients see a doctor and are treated in 18 weeks. The NHS says the wait for key diagnostic test appointments is 15.4 days. A recent study from Merritt Hawkins & Associates found that the average wait to get an specialist appointment in the largest 15 US cities was 20.5 days. While not exactly apples to apples comparisons (there are no regular measurements of waiting times in the US), the claims of British wait times now being incredibly long are false. Governor Pawlenty is now on the record as …

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    1. Smartassawhip says

      September 12, 2009 at 4:23 am

      We need to step up our game and get more involved. I have a wide variety of petitions and other resources in the comment section of my profile that will help you get started. Anyone who is still confused about health care reform may also find the information there helpful as I have a lot of information for you as well. Thanks

    2. AstoundedAtheist says

      September 13, 2009 at 12:24 am

      Priceless, Pawlenty…

    3. JohnRhysMusician says

      September 16, 2009 at 7:06 am

      Garbage.

    4. sagequan says

      January 19, 2011 at 7:26 am

      thats joan…ferget last name lol

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