OK, who is Shona Holmes really. She is getting so much fawning media play right now....

[MnFats]

i figure there are unseen hands here.

She's not trying to do Americans a big favor.

If you haven't seen the media blitz, google her.

[rvablue]

1. I googled and the only links I got were to Fox News and other RW sites.

Did you see her on some other outlets?

If not, it's not really a surprise that Fox is using her as a propaganda tool against a public option.

[noiretextatique]

2. is the mayo clinic free?

she had her brain tumor removed there.

[madrchsod]

3. no....but it`s one of the best clinics in north america.

[noiretextatique]

5. i wonder who paid for her surgery

or if she paid for it.

[EC]

7. From what I understand if there are no doctors that can do the

surgery in reasonable time, the Canadian government sends them here and pays the medical bills. So how she is a spokes person against single payer or national insurance, I don't get it...we have a severe shortage of primary care doctors, so them being short of neurosurgeons isn't an excuse to trash their medical system...

[noiretextatique]

8. thanks! so...she still got government-paid healthcare

:shrug: it just happened here instead of canada.

[madrchsod]

4. my 85 year old mother had cancer and medicare...

after an mri scan the cancer was found to be in an advanced stage. the doctor told her and i that he could do a biopsy and treat the cancer but at her advanced age it would`t prolong her live. he would do the procedure but my mother decided against it. my 82 year old father had bad heart that needed a pace marker and prostrate cancer. he never waited for treatments and he never denied treatments.

where is the proof the right has that medicare is a failing system in the united states?

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

6. My 88 year old mother has/had bladder cancer

Got prompt surgery and is doing very well. Her doctor did not recommend chemo due to her age - he thought it would be too debilitating for her. He keeps a close eye on her with frequent checkups and she has been doing great. My father got a pacemaker a couple of years ago and he also is doing fine. They have a crack pit crew of GPs, endicrinologists, cardiologists, dermatologists, podiatrists, and neurologists keeping them in pretty darn good shape. I pick up many of their prescriptions which seem to cost $3 a pop. I can't say enough good things about Medicare in regards to how they have been treated.

[pkdu]

9. She is a professional paid stooge for the R/W read the Mayo Clinic

version of her story.

http://www.mayoclinic.org/patientstories/story-339.html

Not "A Brain Tumor" as keeps she repeating , with all the drama she can muster ..rather
a "Rathke's cleft cyst" ...a benign cyst that was causing temporary/reversable partial vision loss.

But , whilst a serious medical issue , not life threatening as she implies on every show they put her on.