John Russell Explains "Medicare For All" To Protester Rep. Kathy Castor's Office 21 August 2009

[jlBohica]

Yummy, socialism. You're already sipping it you simple rube protestor, why not swim in it too and while we're at it let's make sure everyone has to do the same, all with out-of-touch career politicians manning the lifeguard chairs. Unbelievable logic... BTW, Truly is spelled wrong. I hope you don't have to write or read critical info on people's charts.

[johnrussellCD5]

Sorry for the typo "Bo!" It is truly humorous the number of anti-govt. HC protesters out there who ... JUST HAPPEN TO BE... Hold on to your hats now... MEDICARE recipients! Perhaps you're one of these? Please define for us The UN-informed, what the term Socialism actually means... Clearly you R no different than your peers who merely "parrot" the nonsense of Rush/Glenn et al lacking even a crude understanding of what it is you're saying. What's YOUR policy! John Russell, MS/ARNP, MBA

[megagagnon1]

socialism is like a bad habit - you can drink some, smoke some, drug some, and you'll get away with it - but if you do too much of that, you die. same with having too much socialism, medicare taking over the health care industry. Canada is starting to reverse course, more and more private health care over there cuz their govt program is overburdened.

[HugeJohn51]

you gotta pump the 95% vs. the 65% to the bedside stat more often and more clearly...that right there has to be the most convincing point in the debate. Coming to you from a happy single payer system user from Canada. (when you're covered from the time of your own conception...there are on 'pre-existing conditions)

[gameshowguy2000]

Well..at this point, do we even have a bill or not? If we don't, we need to get at it!

[johnrussellCD5]

There are about three in the House and two in the Senate w/ the Finance Committee Bill authored by Baucus/Grassley according to sources (C Todd) being the one favored by Rahm. This Bill is a TOTAL POS/GIFT TO the INSURANCE INDUSTRY!

Big INS./Pharma/Corp.Health Care w/ their 1.5Million/Week are AUTHORING THIS CRAP! THAT IS THE PRoblem! Click on Link in MOREINFO to go to my website to read about a REAL Health Plan For America. Thanks, JOHN Russell

[moondancermom]

...they should NOT be forced by gunpoint ar threatened to have their children taken away for it. ANY government involvement in healthcare is WRONG!!!!

[johnrussellCD5]

Mom... In my plan you absolutely have the "CHOICE" to participate or NOT. Did˛ˇ you listen t o what I sad? Clearly you have not! YOU Choose... YES or NO!

You must be in favor of ending Medicare and Medicaid AND the VA then Hmm? Are YOU prepared to as an individual provide care for your parents and grand parents and the wounded Veterans?

Your comments make my case for me secondary to the fear based rationale exposed through your remarks. J R

[megagagnon1]

How do we have a choice? the expansion of medicare will cost us trillions, and kill the dollar. We'll have a choice - pay once or pay twice.

[AtheistScholar]

So are you saying Medicare & the VA benefits for soldiers is wrong? Those are government sponsored regulated health care systems.

[moondancermom]

You talk about good citizens receiving chemotherapy if they need it..well John, I for one want NOTHING to do with a toxic chemical death cocktail called chemotherapy or any other pharma death meds, but want the choice of natural earth based medicine such as herbology, homeopathic, Chinese medicine, etc.  and still have it covered by insurance instead of having the Pharma industry controlled government dictate who gets covered and who doesn't, and if one chooses NOT to get chemotherapy, ...

[chellamia]

John was not promoting chemo, he's was just giving example *if that's what someone wants) that with Medicare, you do have free choice of what doctor and what kind of therapy. I have doctors that support me doing alternative treatments I pay out of pocket for but Medicare covers lab and doctor monitor how I am doing and I have low affordable co-pay. Everyone should have a right to this and get help before end up at hospital in catostrophic crisis situation

[SonnyFromMiami]

According to Rahm via well published sources... Chuck Todd etc., the Baucus/Grassley ABORTION IS the White House preferred Bill!

So if you think that Obama does NOT share blame for this disaster then you are clearly either in denial or not paying attention.

The entire "Game" is to sell US Health INSURANCE Reform as somehow being Health CARE Reform... Pay attention!

The ONLY "Reform" that WE should accept is a LEGITIMATE option, somewhat similar to that which Russell has proposed... JMHO!

[SonnyFromMiami]

No issue demonstrates "The GAME" in quite so unequivocal a fashion as Health Reform!

Both major political parties are playing this game and we are the losers! This IS... "CORPORATISM" defined... folks, make no mistake about it! :think:

Baucus or Grassley... Describe the "Difference" between them... You CANNOT!

The "$Money Trail" tells the story!

[SonnyFromMiami]

Russell states this clearly in one of the other videos coming out of this counter to the Protesters... When he speaks of the attempt by a Washington DC BIG PHARMA lobbyist in 2006 to "Buy him off!" :) Russell turned DOWN the offer!

This IS the political STATE of "The Game" that leaves ordinary Americans "Holding Da Bag" while Corporate America Profits OBSCENELY through their Control over the so-called legislative process that is exclusively run by BIG $MONEY interests.

[SonnyFromMiami]

Today...We hear him say one minute... "I will not sign any Bill that comes across my desk that does not have the Public Option" or something to that effect.

But "WHAT" constitutes a Legitimate Public Option? NOT the Baucus/Grassley "Legislative ABORTION" as Russell states...

The Senate Plan has been authored with that $1.5 Million Bucks a week from BIG Pharma and Insurance industry Lobbyists that's "bribing" all those legislators...

[SonnyFromMiami]

SCREW this BIPARTISAN BULL SHIT! Russell did a little music video called "Obama Don't Back Down! The President ought to take John's advice! See John's YouTube A Plea To Obama to "Don't Back Down!"

If it were a matter of APPROVAL ratings and people afraid of contention and friction then we would NEVER have had the Civil Rights Act, or MEDICARE.. What seniors don't like?

[SonnyFromMiami]

In the campaign, Obama spoke in parables on the issue of Health Care Reform... I saw this as BS then, and am not at all surprised at WHERE we find ourselves on this issue at this point.

If we are to succeed on Health CARE Reform, we must have a reincarnated President Obama. A DECISIVE Obama... an Obama that does not placate, and is willing to take risks in order to MAKE HISTORY rather than merely Go along to Get Along.