JOHN STOSSEL FIRED OVER HEALTH CARE SHOW?

Roger L. Cox November 4, 2009 at 9:46 pm

Stossel will be a hit on FOX. Watched him for years for his insight, research and common sense.

Ed Hensley November 5, 2009 at 12:42 am

I had seen this well done expose a while
back and was wondering how long Stossel
would remain with ABC? He should do well
at FOX and at least he has not had his
house shot, like Lou Dobbs!

The American Spectator has an interesting
thought, that “attack speech” cuts both
ways, even coming from a Church (UCC) >

http://spectator.org/blog/2009/10/30/the-dobbs-shooting-ucc-apology

As for Obamacare, “A death panel was held,
on Obamacare on 03 November 2009, by the
voters of Old Virginia & New Jersey, with
a strong majority finding that the Patient,
“Obamacare” is not worth the resources it
would take to sustain the Patient. ~ Edio

Frank November 5, 2009 at 8:09 am

ABC’s loss is FOX’s gain. I welcome his reports as they are concise and factual. He is soft spoken but will call you out if he thinks you are not responding to his questions. Good pick for FOX. They dominate cable news and will continue to do so with picks like this.

Steve Gure November 5, 2009 at 10:05 am

This is very interesting but I do not think that it is accurate. There are many people that are very satisfied with the Canadian and the British medical system and should he have interviwed them, he would have reported a diferent story. I have not voted for Obama nor do I agree with him on most issues. On the medical insurance program I do believe that he is on target. If anyone believes that the insurance companies are interested in providing the best medical coverage for the average person, they are mistaken,

Jack HIggins November 6, 2009 at 11:00 am

I am suspicious of the selected interviews. Our experience with British health care was excellent. My wife, Jackie fainted on a busy London intersection. a beauty salon lady ran out to bring her into her salon. An ambulance with diver and nurse arrived within minutes and took us and our baggage to a nearby hospital.(We had not yet registered at our hotel)At the hospital, she was immediately taken to the emergency ward where a surgeon stitched up a cut over her eye. Then she was taken for a CAT scan and stayed overnight in the hospital. Yes, she was in a very large ward with patients separated by curtains but that allowed me to see how patients were treated. It was with extreme politeness and courtesy. Morning and afternoon tea was also served and even I had a cup. When Jackie was released the next day, no one even knew how we could be charged. We were spared the initial stop usual at an American hospital which is “how are you going to pay?” office. No one asked how we were going to pay at any time.
When we returned home, our family physician wanted to make sure that there was no hidden inury bu we had to wait a week for our insurance company to approve of a CAT scan.
WE even discovered that when patients come in they are given the equivalent of car fare. That we did’t get.
It might also be pointed out that national health care in Europe is able to do intensive studies on diseases due to the huge amount of information that have gathered about from hundreds of thousands – even millions of patients. American medicine has profited from the one payer system with this information and it has influenced treatments of various diseases including cancer.
Recently I had a lengthy conversation with an American who chose to practice in Canada because he feels that the practice of medicine is better there. He doesn’t have an office. His day is spent visiting cancer patients in their homes.
In a democracy, criticism is expected but misrepresentation of British and Canadian systems that is one sided and not truly informative.

Stanley Helm January 15, 2010 at 10:38 pm

I always wondered how long John Stossel would last at ABC given his propensity to tell it like it is.