Google Protects Healthcare From Michael Moore

An anonymous reader suggests we stop over to ZDNet for a case where Google may be stepping on the wrong side of that famous Don't Be Evil line. A Google staffer is offering to help the healthcare industry contain the damage that Michael Moore's film is about to do. (Here is the original Google Health Advertisement blog post by Lauren Turner; in case it disappears, it is reproduced in full in the ZDNet post.) Quoting from the Google post: "Many of our clients face these issues; companies come to us hoping we can help them better manage their reputations through 'Get the Facts' or issue management campaigns. Your brand or corporate site may already have these informational assets, but can users easily find them? We can place text ads, video ads, and rich media ads in paid search results or in relevant websites within our ever-expanding content network. Whatever the problem, Google can act as a platform for educating the public and promoting your message. We help you connect your company's assets while helping users find the information they seek."

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Re:Moore isn't Neutral

[Travoltus]

When you are hungry, the local loaves and fishes provides you with food.

When you need early cancer treatment to keep breast cancer from going terminal, and you have no money, where do you go for that? Nowhere, in capitalism. You die.

Breast cancer is instant and certain death for the poor.

I for one hope you get just that, right after your employer goes overseas and your stocks go south - oh and yes, it can indeed happen to men.

Re:Not Evil

[timmarhy]

" Everything he is saying about the american health insurance industry is true"

you lost all crediblity right there. moore is a sensationalist idiot. note stupid mind you, he's very clever at getting people to believe his idiotic points of view.

the truth is, health funds payout something in the order of 90%+ of contributions by members. many people who are sick and dieing cling to unproven treatments which aren't covered by the funds for very good reasons, and they take out their fear and desperation on the funds.

one thing i do NOT agree with is funds paying out to bullshit artists like naturopaths, it's a waste of money and gets nil result for a lot of money.

why doesn't moore focus his engery on the real rip off artists, like reflexologists who claim they can cure you by tapping your feet with a piece of wood.