Friday, July 31, 2009

What Health Care Reform?

Bill Moyers' Journal (July 31, 2009) really shows what is going on with the Health Care Reform.

Sadly, the members of Congress no longer represent us - but the Insurance Companies who contribute millions to their campaign election funds. One Health Care Insurance insider, Bill Potter, has come out in favor of the single-payer, government run, system. This system has been proposed by Senator Edward Kennedy since the 70's -- even Obama spoke out in favor of this at one point (prior to election)... Now insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies are writing the Reform Bills....

What reform? They are insuring their own profits and monopolizing markets. Wall Street runs the Health Care in this country. Health Care is share-holder driven. Check out the link Sick For Profit at http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/?cat=1175.

When over 450,000 doctors/nurses have spoken out in favor of single-payer, government run health care, why do our representatives tell us that a government run system (Medicare for all) won't work and will end up in bureaucracy... If this is the case, why do they have such a system. I want all to have a health care system that is as good as the one that our military personnel and representatives have ... Why not? Don't we pay their bills?

Watch why health Care Reform is NOT happening at http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/07312009/watch.html .... How can representatives who have been bought and paid for advocate against those who have paid their way into Congress? It is ludicrous to believe that
they will stand up for the people against the industries who have spent millions of dollars in lobby money to continue "health care" as it is. Isn't this against everything that the United
States stands for? What about "with liberty and justice FOR ALL?" People are dying because insurance companies are stalling about paying for needed health care.... Others, without insurance, are dying for lack of health care. Isn't this murder?

If you haven't already -- See the movie "Sicko" -- Michael Moore -- love him or not -- was right.