Reply #51: The Battle Of Our Lives and For Our Lives

[colsohlibgal]

It's the people. populist wrath, versus the millions from the Insurance and Drug Companies - and the corrupt legislators who are used to throwing the masses under the bus for cash. It's just that simple. Given the current state of US health care no rational argument can be made against a single payer system. One's care should be between the individual and her/his doctor, there shouldn't be a bean counter in between.

Ed Schultz showing, on MSN, how much Baucus was getting from the Insurance and pharmacy lobbyists(about a half million) was a good start. It's time to connect the dots and call these people out.

A couple of days ago I heard a lady who had been in Japan and had suffered some kind of fracture that required some minor surgery to insert pins - they kept her in the hospital four days instead of booting her out ASAP like here - and her bill for the whole thing was $20. Imagine the peace of mind so many of us would have not having to worry about going bankrupt just because we had the misfortune to become ill or have an accident.

Profit has to be vanquished from the equation, no more CEO's making 6 million a year while they deny, delay, or too slowly parse out treatments and tests. I heard a very eloquent doctor yesterday say that the bean counters were killing people daily. All while the senators and fat cat capitalists laugh all the way to the bank. It's twisted.