Groups Rally for Single-Payer Health Care in Allentown, PA

From coast to coast, Americans rallied for single-payer health care on the National Day of Protest Against Health Insurance Corporations, June 19th, 2008.

Enjoy this video from one such rally in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Other such rallies at http://www.michaelmoore.com/

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[HomoGeneyes]

IMPEACH THE BUSH AND HIS DICK!

[Textynn]

The current U.S. medical system is blatant extortion. These insurance companies should have never been allowed to insinuate themselves into this personal and important area of our lives. Now they collect data on us and inform new employers to avoid us if we any health issues. Also this marriage of employer and medical insurer sets us up for age discrimination beyond anything anyone ever imagined. These medical insurers are without exception, parasites. And that's just the job side of the problem

[IMPLR1369007]

I wonder how these loons think that the single pay system will cost less? I have insurance coverage through TRICARE and Aetna, Aetna pays my bills & TRICARE pays the co-pays, if single payer happens, the Gov't picks up the entire bill, and shifts all of that cost from commercial insurance to the taxpayer. When I was diagnosed with leukemia Aetna picked up the bulk of the over $500,000.00 cost. Under their system government pays the entire bill.

How does that save the Gov't anything?

[IMPLR1369007]

When I told them of the VA disability letter, they asked me to send them a copy of that disability letter. Unfortunately for them their incompetence was showing when they asked for the letter, since they are the same offices that had sent the letter to me in the first place.

[IMPLR1369007]

VA healthcare is nearly as ludicrous as the fact that when I retired from the Army, I had a retirement physical and was deemed to have physicial disabilities by the Army doctor, then I had to have a second physical by the VA to verify the Army's findings. The VA, a year later delivered a letter outlining my considered disabilities. The VA then sent me a bill for the physical exam, because by their records I had no disability.

[IMPLR1369007]

I am not privy to the actual reason for the delays, but just by observing the activity in the clinic it appears that the doctors limit themselves to a minimal number of patients and never seem to be working an exceptionally full schedules. As I stated before, I requested a routine physical, actually one mandated by the VA, and the VA treatment facility scheduled me 8 month out.

[IMPLR1369007]

Under TRICARE, I have the choice to see a civilian Doctor and pay a co-pay or go to a VA treatment facility to see a military contract doctor, there are three in the closest facility, none of which have a very good command of English, and two of the three engage in routine accusations against veterans claiming that we all fake disabilities to get disability pensions. Follow ups depend on the illness. For a case of the flu you go to the ER and they will follow up in 2-3 weeks.

[IMPLR1369007]

If you think that Obamacare is going to be the same as Medicare, you obviously havn't read the Houser Bill.

I have read it, and the media routinely distorts what is in it. For example CNN reports that the counseling for seniors for end of life issues will be provided, but they negelecets to report that it is not only "provided" but that it is MANDATORY. So much for honesty in reporting.

[andreo]

How many doctors do you have access to with the TRICARE program? How many of those doctors would be able to do the follow up treatment with you? Was your delay in follow up due to the doctor / patient ratio or do they just decide to make you wait to discourage you from seeing a doctor?

[andreo]

Really? The same way they do with Medicare and Medicaid now right? Because there's no government involvement with those two programs right?