Single-Payer is the "Only Thing that Can Be Done"

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/07242009/transcript1.html

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MARCIA ANGELL, First Female Editor of the New England Journal of Medicine: I think we have to start all over on this. I really do. I think we have to go for a single payer system. You could institute that gradually. You could do it state by state. You could do it decade by decade. You could improve Medicare. That is, make it nonprofit. But extend it down to age 55 and age 45 and age 35. It would give the private insurance industry a chance to go into hurricanes, earthquakes or something. To get out of the health business. It could be done gradually. I think that has to be done. And it's the only thing that can be done.

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[OrmEmber]

I worked for WellPoint, the largest insurer in the world, that owns companies you think are competitors: Aetna, Blue Cross and others. I also worked for Kaiser. My employers gloated over their bonuses and company-wide profits, even as they sent letters of denials to their customers and raised their premiums.

They don't care about you, they just want your money. It's cheaper for them to scare you with a boogey-man, than to cover you.

We need to kick their butts OUT of our lives.

[billoakesattablthree]

The irony is that after 2 administrations of absolute failure the republicans are still claiming they can steer this country thru the mess they created. This is about giving the public a choice and in essence stop the soaking of the american people by the insurance industry.

[DCUPtoejuice]

@OrmEmber absolutely! But don't turn us over to the federal government either for the love of God.

[agaflyby]

As a Canadian I can say that I have access to any doctor and specialist or hospital I want. I can tell you that in Canada you can even have abortion for free, just show your health card.

Yes there are wait times but it largely depands on the doctor and their booking practices (if you have appt) or how busy is the hospital (when you go in to emergency).

I can tell you that my daughter sees a specialist regularly and the wait time is 5-10 minutes. Her paediatrician (10-15 minutes).

[kevinkards1]

if the us wanted single payer they could do it easy the uk did it in 1948 and it did it in 6 months the insurance companys are vampires feeding off the blood of every american

[JonnyPxN]

hick hick, socialized hick hick communism hick hick

[FRSFreeStateES]

@MsDaisy201

Not with the Affordable Care Act, because now there's a thing called the Patient Bill of Rights in America. That regulates Health Insurers to stop and punish their abuses.

[MsDaisy201]

@FRSFreeStateES the advantage is that you have a choice to pay the insurance companies every penny you have and then deny you health care that you need. Or you can choose Health Care Reform that is in effect right now and helping millions.

[MsDaisy201]

@FRSFreeStateES  you have to be a republican and a teabagger

[FRSFreeStateES]

The advantage of Private Health Insurance is that you have choice and competition and that the people not the Government decide where they get their Health Insurance and Health Care.

[y4upeople]

People who don't what this because they will lose out on their money

[THEMASTEROFYOU2000]

the letters obama reads everyday...but he didnt even know there was a couple hundred thousand people outside his office protesting taxes and his style of government takeover?.funny, He's a bullshit artist, sad but true