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Health care in Canada
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As the health care debate continues in the United States, Canada has been struggling to implement its own universal health care system. We talk with Roy Romanow, who was Premier of Saskatchewan from 1991 to 2001. Download MP3Health care for illegal immigrants?
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In his speech on health care reform President Barack Obama told Congress he planned to improve health insurance for those who have it and to create an insurance exchange to extend cover to those who do not. For today’s show, the World’s Matthew Bell did some fact checking on claims and counterclaims that illegal immigrants will be excluded from government health benefits under any new reform plan.International political decorum
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Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC) has apologized for his outburst during President Obama’s speech last night. Wilson shouted “You lie!” after the President said illegal immigrants would not benefit from his health care plans. Alex Gallafent is looking at questions of political decorum thrown up by the incident.Download MP3
Entire program – September 10, 2009
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Download MP3Today on The World: a fact check on whether illegal immigrants will or won’t receive government benefits under Obama health care reform; Afghan journalists complain of double standards, after the rescue of a New York Times reporter and the death of his Afghan colleague; and one man’s quest to turn a favorite song into Portugal’s new national anthem.
Health care reform and illegal immigrants
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Download MP3The World’s Matthew Bell does some fact checking on claims (and counterclaims) that illegal immigrants would be excluded from government health benefits under the health care reform plans being debated in Washington.
Foreign lessons in hospital efficiency
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Download MP3Containing health-care costs is a key goal of reform efforts. The World’s Katy Clark reports on the work of Eugene Litvak, a Russian who works with US hospitals on ways to increase efficiency, improve patient care, and cut costs.
Decorum in Congress
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Download MP3The World’s Alex Gallafent looks at questions of political decorum sparked by Republican Congressman Joe Wilson’s outburst during President Obama’s speech to Congress last night.
Health care and innovation
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The American health care system is expensive, but also highly innovative, providing new drugs and new technologies that benefit the entire world. Could U.S. health reform efforts suppress medical innovation? The World’s Marco Werman speaks with health policy researcher Zack Cooper of the London School of Economics. Download MP3
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