Comments on: Pay to Play: $1.4 Million a Day Buys a Lot of Votes

By: tmullins

tmullins — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:18:02 +0000

As a former health care giver, I am sad to see what has become of health care in America. Clearly Profit Care comes ahead of Patient Care. We must have public option, so what if it puts the greedy bastards out of business. www.wisecountyissues.com/?p=62

By: nyceve

nyceve — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:57:54 +0000

Hi Margot-

Thanksos so much for your kind words, but thank Jane for inviting me! I’m thrilled to be here.

By: Mile23

Mile23 — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:16:06 +0000

Takeaway: They spend 1.4 million dollars a day, that you paid them in premiums. They spend it to make sure they have no competition. They spend it so they can deny you coverage, without fear that another system will more efficiently help you.

How much health care would 1.4 million dollars a day buy?

By: GaryLee

GaryLee — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:47:02 +0000

Your health is not a commodity.
Your health is not a profit center.

By: selise

selise — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:15:19 +0000

that’s the 30% is the administrative overhead due to private insurance companies that could be avoided by going to single payer. a public option in a multi payer system might be able to save a portion of that (although there are additional administrative costs involved in running the exchange and regulating to try to prevent some of the adverse selection).

By: Eureka Springs

Eureka Springs — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:10:05 +0000

Just fine, nahant.. How are you? Hey, perhaps you could put the info you shared about the AARP here? I’m going to do a running post / collection of these nefarious activities.

By: nahant

nahant — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:55:59 +0000

Well at least they are helping to allow you to have your voice heard for free so you can voice your opinion.
How ya doing ES?

By: nahant

nahant — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:44:18 +0000

Hey Pups more fodder for our campaign: From BoldProgressives.org

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Fed up that Senate Democrats keep opposing a public health insurance option? Add your name to our new TV ad!

People are outraged that Senate Democrats are lining up against a public health insurance option supported by 76% of Americans — all while taking $80 million of health and insurance industry money.

So we decided to do something about it. We made a TV ad calling them out. And now we’re inviting you (and your friends) to put your name in the ad before we air it in Washington DC!

Click here to see the ad — and add your name.

This ad will air on CNN, MSNBC, The Daily Show, and other places that these senators and their staffers will be sure to notice. We’ll continually rotate new names in. Please help this idea grow by passing this email on to anyone you think would like to add their name.

Together, we’ll make the Senate listen to the vast majority of Americans who say: “We want the public option!” Thanks for being a bold progressive.

–Stephanie Taylor
Co-Founder, Progressive Change Campaign Committee

By: Eureka Springs

Eureka Springs — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:40:20 +0000

AARP probably has more members covered by sIngle payer (medicare) than any other organization in the US… yet they ask their own to champion something they could never afford…and could surely suffer, even die from.

Despicable.

By: nahant

nahant — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:35:37 +0000

Just got a call from AARP urging that we call our congress critter and demand insurance that everyone would be covered by calling 1-800-929-4030 from there you can reach your critter FREE.. Nada and demand they support Single Payer!! Looks like all the people’s players are coming out and getting behind National Health Care as so many are denied coverage for OH some many reasons