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Gallup reports: A 57% majority of U.S. adults believe that the federal government should ensure all Americans have healthcare coverage. Yet nearly as many, 53%, prefer that the U.S. healthcare system be based on private insurance rather than run by the government. In 2000, Gallup began tracking the public’s views of whether it is the federal government’s responsibility to ensure …

CNN reports: Hours after scoring a victory in the House to effectively kill Obamacare, US President Donald Trump praised Australia’s universal health care system during a press conference with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. “It’s going to be fantastic health care,” Trump said, referring to his new health care plan. “I shouldn’t say this to our great gentleman and my friend …

Happy Canada Day to all of our JMG family in the north! Last year I said, “We make a lot of fun of you, but we also not-so-secretly want to be you.” This year, we’re a lot closer to that goal. Have a great 148th birthday, you don’t look a day over 29. And thank you for Ryan Reynolds.

Happy Canada Day to all of our JMG family in the north! We make a lot of fun of you, but we not-so-secretly also want to be you. And Ryan Reynolds totally makes up for Justin Bieber. Have a great 147th birthday, you don’t look a day over 29.

Fantastic news for non-citizens of England: HIV treatment is now officially free for all who need it in England, including undocumented migrants and non-United Kingdom citizens, as per legislation that went into effect today, October 1, and has been reviewed in detail by aidsmap. Other countries of the U.K may still technically charge for HIV treatment, depending on immigration status. …

The British government will grant free HIV treatment to non-citizens. Lisa Power, Policy Director for Terrence Higgins Trust, said: “We strongly support this move by the Government to bring HIV in line with all the other sexually transmitted infections which are free from charge on public health grounds. “It makes no sense to deny people medication that dramatically reduces the …

Via Wikipedia, the state of health care payment systems around the world as of December 2009. Blue is single payer, green is “universal by other means.”

Add another name to Obama’s long list of withdrawn appointees. CNN medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta withdrew from consideration to be the next surgeon general Thursday, with CNN and Obama Administration officials attributing his decision to personal considerations amid a campaign by some liberal interest groups to block his selection. Gupta, a neurosurgeon, said in an interview with CNN’s Larry …

Kent Snyder, libertarian presidential candidate Ron Paul’s openly gay campaign chair, has died of pneumonia at age 49. In an ironic twist to Paul’s small government libertarian ideals, Snyder had no health insurance and leaves a $400K medical debt. Both the McCain and Obama campaigns offer full health insurance to campaign staff. Activists belonging to the libertarian wing of the …