dprjones, some British guy, made a rather long and thorough rebuttal of some of the things Fox has been saying about his country. Unfortunately I cant link straight to them, but I hope that posting the /watch is acceptable (so people can just paste that after the .com of youtube) failing that, typing "letter to America" in youtube's search bar brings it right up.

Anyway, part one
/watch?v=GPNWX-aIMXk&feature=related

Pretty concisely addresses everything Daniel Hannon said on Fox news implying that the British dont like their healthcare system. Especially since David Cameron, the leader of the conservative party (which Daniel Hannon is a member of), denounced what Daniel Hannon said about "socialized" medicine, promising to back, expand and make NHS his #1 priority if elected. Thats right, its election season over there and apparently the British support the NHS the way that we support our troops.

part 2
/watch?v=r4DJzOa9It4&feature=related
Hannity throws a bunch of papers at Michal Moore, very amusing television, but worthless journalism. the 7 claims Hannity made are:

1 in 6 NHS patients misdiagnosed
women with advanced breast cancer denied drugs
babies born in hospital corridors
cruel and neglectful care of 1 million NHS patients
"daughter claims father wrongly placed controversial to end of life scheme"
doctors told me it was against the rules to save my premature baby
restrictions on prescription osteoperosis

the 1 in 6 one is the only one he covers in this episode and didnt really address it properly, since he would have had to pay money to access it. however, it is now listed as free, so feel free to look it up yourself.

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 121, Issue 5, Supplement (May 2008)

not surprisingly, the American Journal of Medicine is talking about American medicine, not British medicine.

part 3
/watch?v=LSXFSQ9bJHg&feature=related

Woman with advanced breast cancer denied cancer drug. old story, sad story: doctors thought it wouldn't help, she had taken them to court over it, won quickly, got the treatment, died anyway.

part 4
/watch?v=e5AXhk2WOWA&feature=player_profilepage

babies born in the hallways- not 4000, three. not three thousand, three, out of 1.5 million babies born in the last 2 years.

and apparently the one million patients treated cruelly and neglectfully are largely the product of extrapolation.

the premature baby was born 4 months early, not two days.


more to come in part 5, I know this is a haven for fox support and I have just got to hear what people have to say in its defense.