The Real America

PASADENA CA - Recently, health care protesters gather at Orange and Hill Avenues weekly. You can join them or drive by and honk if you care to. Next one is Wednesday, July 22, 5PM.

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So why after 60 years of Republican blocked attempts at nationalized health care are we finally seeing some movement? It looks like things are so bad that the insurance companies aren't even making out. If things get bad enough for people and people cant afford to pay their bills, guess who gets screwed? The insurance companies who charged the outrageous premiums to begin with. Once again we see the authoritarian right digging their own grave. Keep up the good work guys. With any luck your kind will soon be extinct. Bailouts can't go on forever. At some point these greedy corporations will die if we refuse their services, whether out of necessity or not. The people have the power and always have. It's ultimately about cutting off the money. Now if only we could do this to Wall Street and The Pentagram.

Health care reform is no longer just a moral imperative, it is a fiscal imperative. If we want to create jobs and rebuild our economy, then we must address the crushing cost of health care this year, in this Administration. - President Barack Obama, White House Forum on Health Reform, 3/5/09

The following excerpts are from HeathReform.gov (http://tinyurl.com/l2ecdj):

With All These People Losing Jobs, A Lot Will Lose Their Health Insurance http://tinyurl.com/nvjmb7
The Wall Street Journal, Thursday, April 23, 2009 - President Obama has said that health reform cannot wait, must not wait, and will not wait another year. Today the Wall Street Journal cited evidence that illustrates why so many Americans cannot afford to wait another year for health reform. Layoffs are causing thousands of Americans to lose their health care coverage, and as was reported today, insurance companies are seeing their profits shrink as they lose members.

Insured, but Bankrupted by Health Crises http://tinyurl.com/l7q8sn
New York Times, 7/1/09 - It is commonly cited that nearly 50 million Americans go each year without health insurance. What is perhaps less apparent is that millions more are severely under-insured. The unfortunate reality is that even those with insurance are too often brought to financial ruin because of medical expenses.

Medical Bankruptcy http://tinyurl.com/ktupg2
South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 6/23/09 - Americans across the country are struggling to keep up with rising costs of medical bills, high deductibles, increasing premiums, and the escalating costs of prescription drugs. For some Americans health care costs result in medical bankruptcy. According to a new Harvard University study, 62% of bankruptcies in 2007 were caused by medical-related debt.

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News & Politics

Tags:

• health care
• healthcare
• medical care
• single payer
• obama
• insurance
• health
• greed
• economy

[ladydon50]

all the resource being used come from the earth which God gave to us all , so yes it a right

[daveme7]

Inflation-hope you like paying a lot of money. Yeah, people die everyday in our country and in every other country people die everyday. Health care cannot keep someone from dying-just manage what ever is wrong with you for a better quality of life. If health care could keep you alive-well most do not last to 100 yrs

[pluto4847]

@alexfanx I don't think waiting times come into it. Even private healthcare has waiting times. It took me three weeks to get my leg seen to by an ortho speciialist, and he was private.

[azkeyz]

All I gotta say is that they don't really care about us.

[2551bali]

2008 Election PROMISE :

All Americans will have Health Coverage just as good as that enjoyed

by your representatives in DC !!!  So - go ask them !!!

Do not get hoodwinked into any political / business arguments.

You are just as valuable as those in DC , so demand service.

As it is , AFTER election time ... you are a nobody ... nothing ....

compared to the Fat Cats at TooBigToFail .....

[MrUnicorn1995]

@alexfanx Yup. Just ask Canadians.

[punkwasher]

If you don't like free health care because of the costs, then, wow, way to put a price on life, how do you sleep at night?

[ninjascroll6789]

@alexfanx no

[TheExeter]

The only people that won't benefit from free healthcare are the rich.

[alexfanx]

Doesn't universal healthcare mean a huge increase in waiting times?