Amy Goodman's 2009 Column Revisited: Healthcare Reform Needs An Action Hero

As the New Democratic Party surges in Canada's election, we revisit Amy Goodman's 2009 column on the late Tommy Douglas, the NDP's first leader and the pioneering politician credited with creating the modern Canadian health care system.

Imagine the scene. America 2009. Eighteen thousand people have died in one year, an average of almost 50 a day. Who's taking them out? What's killing them?

To investigate, President Barack Obama might be tempted to call on Jack Bauer, the fictional rogue intelligence agent from the hit TV series "24," who invariably employs torture and a host of other illegal tactics to help the president fight terrorism. But terrorism is not the culprit here: It's lack of adequate health care.

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