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In reply to the discussion: Uninsured Aurora Victim Could Face $2 Million In Medical Bills [View all]OnyxCollie
(9,958 posts)It was Max Baucus, alleged Democrat, who had single-payer advocates arrested:
Baucuss Raucous Caucus: Doctors, Nurses and Activists Arrested Again for Protesting Exclusion of Single-Payer Advocates at Senate Hearing on Healthcare
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/5/13/baucus_raucus_caucus_doctors_nurses_and
SEN. MAX BAUCUS: Come to order. Committee will recess until order can be restored.
JERRY CALL: - and 60 percent of the physicians want a single-payer system. Why do you insist on spending more money, when the single payer would give it to us at the price were spending now? Sixty percent! Why not 60 percent of the people in front of you representing single payer? Sixty percent of the people want single payer. This is a sham! All youve got is special interest groups up there.
SEN. MAX BAUCUS: This committee will recess until the police can restore order. Ill ask for the police, please come more expeditiously.
DR. JUDY DASOVICH: Why arent single-payer advocates at the table? Healthcare should be for patients, not for profit.