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very nice article with a great comparison..
2011-10-31T01:20:22.164-05:00
very nice article with a great comparison..
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Good piece! I hadn't quite noticed the words ...

2011-06-08T12:35:30.510-05:00

Good piece! I hadn't quite noticed the words being used differently, but it makes sense. While I'm not a linguist by any means, the one thing that drives me nuts is how language, grammar, punctuation and even spelling seem to not matter to most people anymore since the invention of "online". I can't say the computer, but since chat rooms, online forums and texting came into being, so has language taken a severe beating. What's worse is that most people truly don't care, as long as they don't have to "waste time" hitting shift keys, space bars or actually spelling a word out completely.

Your test is hardly valid. You only showed them on...

2011-05-31T11:45:16.005-05:00

Your test is hardly valid. You only showed them one sentence. "Healthcare is important." My guess is that you would have received the same answer if you'd written "health care is important". Did you test it that way as well? One question and one "survey" does not a study make.

I'm a journalism major and care a lot about language. But I hope other things keep you up at night besides this. Actually getting people to care about their health and finding ways to make care affordable are greater issues than losing sleep over a space.

Most of what we read and hear about health care these days is about reform, costs, systems, I think that is more the reason why that comes to mind and has little to do with whether it is written as one or two words.

Thanks Archelle, For me Healthcare has always = th...

2011-05-13T14:57:51.797-05:00

Thanks Archelle,
For me Healthcare has always = the system
and Health Care = provider/patient relationship

This issue first surfaced for me about ten years a...

2011-05-12T09:06:37.243-05:00

This issue first surfaced for me about ten years ago when an anonymous critic took me to task for combining the words.

It's a simple but important distinction. As you stated, healthcare is a system. But caring for one's health is an entirely different matter. Is taking our car to the dealer for a routine inspection autocare? My cats do not appreciate being taken to the vet for petcare, although they really don't care what I call it.

I wonder if the horse is well away from the barn on this issue though.

Archelle, Thanks for reminding us of the importanc...

2011-05-11T21:36:19.335-05:00

Archelle, Thanks for reminding us of the importance of words. They do make a difference. For leaders in the health care industry, it is critical to say what you mean! If we expect to instill confidence in the system, we need to be conscious of what we say! (And I thought you were going to write on the words and SEO: glad I was wrong)

I chose funny because this actually kept you up at...

2011-05-11T11:27:00.961-05:00

I chose funny because this actually kept you up at night :). I chose cool because I've been having this discussion internally for 2 years at EmpowHER, and have long been a proponent of the two-word version. HEALTH CARE, it is. The definitive answer. Now, spread the word :).