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AndyA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 07:46 AM
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Note to Congress about those "angry town halls"
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32517300/ns/politics-washington_post/

It's been widely reported that many of the people showing up for those town halls and disrupting them are being bused in by the insurance industry and its organizations.

This isn't REALLY the pulse of America. MOST AMERICANS WANT HEALTH CARE. MOST OF US WANT IT TO BE AFFORDABLE.

The people at your town halls by and large are not representative of most of us. Most of us are working hard to earn a living, and hoping we don't get sick even if we do have insurance, because one illness can bankrupt us.

This is what America wants. No one is paying to have us brought in by bus to disrupt your meetings, so I wanted to make sure you understand what's going on. Insurance and health care companies don't vote. The American people do, and we're not the ones at your meetings. So, don't be concerned about what you're seeing, it's just a show being put on for all of us by the companies who've been making a killing for decades by overcharging, selectively choosing who to cover, and limiting pay outs based on profits instead of what's best for the patient.

Yes, Congress, there's been something coming between patients and their Doctors for years, and it's not the government. It's the health care insurance industry.

Do the right thing, Congress. (You will be replaced if you don't.)
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eShirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 07:58 AM
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1. They know. They're just using it for cover for being in the pocket of insurance industry. n/t
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patrice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 08:04 AM
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2. Precisely! Plausible Deniability IS a HIGHLY marketable commodity. nt
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