Meet James Lowe: John Edwards' Example of U.S. Health Care

http://www.iowaindependent.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1710

Former North Carolina senator John Edwards has probably mentioned the name "James Lowe" hundreds of times in speeches across the country.

Edwards has practically dedicated his presidential campaign to Lowe, telling his story as a glaring example of health care problems.

Lowe was born with a cleft palate and had a simple operation at age fifty that enabled him to finally talk.

Edwards introduced the former coal miner and said "When he told me his story, I sat there listening to it and thinking to myself, 'How long are we going to let drug companies and insurance companies and their lobbyists run this country?' ... James Lowe got his voice back, isn't it time for you to get your voice back?"

Lowe praised Edwards and recalled the first time they'd met: "I knew right off, I felt the love and kindness this man here has in his heart for people like me and you all. And if we want something changed in this world, there's the man to do it."

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[bobilator1]

u a liar i dont know about italy but in canada is work realy well and u should not trash talk thing u know noting. Free healt care system work in canada realy well my friend. I got a big injury in my back in a construction accident i never waith in the hospital and i was there for more then 1 mount after my operation. Yes Canada system work , u dont waith at all for emergency. The only thing take time is for family doctor but the gouvernement decide educate more to fix that.

[desmoluvr]

Excuse me? UK tax rates are insane.  Income tax is 40% if you make over 34,600 pounds! Your gas taxes are even more drastic, $4.84 a gallon just in tax! In the UK, Value Added Tax (VAT), currently at 17.5%, is charged on the price of the fuel and on the duty. At a pump price of 100p/litre (this would put the combined tax at 65.24p/litre. (Thus without tax, the retail price would be 34.76p per litre, making a combined tax rate of 188%. Oh, and f*&^ off!

[lozfromcorby]

you talk shit.

my taxes aren't high (uk) and i've never had to worry about getting ill.

each to their own tho ay?!

[desmoluvr]

I lived in Italy for 8 years. Trust me you DO NOT want Universal coverage. Is there improvements that we can make here? Sure. But don't believe the hype that all is good in Europe and Canada. The waiting times for surgeries are horrendous, high taxes have stiffled economic growth, and the level of care (from what I saw) is not at the level we have here.

[klausazrael]

The only person I want to vote for.