Giuliani remembers his bout with cancer
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- October
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In a new radio ad running in New Hampshire, Rudy Giuliani uses his own successful battle against prostate cancer as evidence that the United States needs to avoid a socialized medicine.
The ad does not mention Hillary Rodham Clinton by name, but it seems to be a clear shot at her health care proposals. Listen to the ad here.
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From FactCheck.org-
“In a new radio ad, Rudy Giuliani falsely claims that under England’s “socialized medicineâ€? system only 44 percent of men with prostate cancer survive.
We tracked down the source of that number, which turns out to be the result of bad math by a Giuliani campaign adviser, who admits to us that his figure isn’t “technically” a survival rate at all. Furthermore, the author of the study on which Giuliani’s man based his calculations tells us his work is being misused, and that the 44 percent figure is both wrong and “misleading.â€?
It’s true that official survival rates for prostate cancer are higher in the U.S. than in England, but the difference is not nearly as high as Giuliani claims. And even so, the higher survival rates in the U.S. may simply reflect more aggressive diagnosing of non-lethal cancers, according to the American Cancer Society.
Actually, men with prostate cancer are more likely to die sooner if they don’t have health insurance, according to a recent study published in one of the American Medical Association’s journals. Giuliani doesn’t mention that. ”
You can get more details by going to the FactCheck.org website.
this is not a good subject for rudy…the issue is
not socialized medicine..the issue is health coverage
which is reliable and universal…and we are going
to have to make choices as to whether we choose
to provide it or not…socialized medicine eliminates
private care by private physicians…universal
health coverage if done properly can be in network
OR OUT OF NETWORK for those who want an unlimited
choice….scaring the public is not the way to go