Healthcare Crisis

Short video piece exposing the US healthcare crisis.

How has this healthcare crisis affected you?? Tell your story with POWER's Healthcare Survey: http://www.povertyontrial.org/healthcare_survey.html

On Tuesday June 10, 2008 POWER held a very successful Healthcare Truth Commission where fifteen people from throughout our community presented testimonies about how the healthcare crisis has affected their lives. The results were powerful and moving. To learn more, please visit: http://www.povertyontrial.org/healthcare_truth_commission.html

This video was produced by POWER's Video Committee. Includes the song "Healthcare Justice!," written & performed by Colette Washington; please visit: http://www.GuaranteedHealthcare.org/

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Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• health
• care
• crisis
• healthcare
• justice
• truth
• commission
• power
• portland
• maine
• poverty

[SonofCimmeria]

Bring on "Socalism", as the right-wing calls it. It will mean affordable healthcare for all, an end to pointless wars, it will be awesome!

[Foxheartt]

I hope the politicians take note - I am a young voter and having finally woken up to what is going on, I will hold the people in the top accountable for what they do about healthcare. If they don't make it happen for me and my generation, they shouldn't expect my support in the polls. The new generation is not stupid and words like "socialist" don't scare us anymore. We can think for ourselves. We watch, we judge and we vote accordingly.

[Bardock2010]

oh P.S if someone says that the Canadian healthcare system is worse than yours? just laugh, cause that shit is funny considering we live longer, are less weight, and have a better chance of having a healthy Baby. I am willing to teach you our ways...If you like.

[Bardock2010]

Hurry Up! I am a nurse in Canada, and I want to work in your country. I can't do it until you guys fix your health care system.

It is up to you, I can't work for the Corperations down there, don't agree with it... I am being benched get back out there and do something about it!

[Cookaloka]

To the guy who wants to abolish the FDA, I sincerely hope that you would enjoy the toxic substances mega-corporations would put in your food to make a quick buck.

Remember, your life is not important to them, just your money.

[jcbruce2900]

@carlosmnyc - I think that would be a great idea. The free market can provide all of those things. P.S. public schools was a really bad example. They are possibly the best example of government run programs failing miserably. Just look at how badly private schools out-perform public schools.

Maybe you should read the constitution once in a while.

[jcbruce2900]

when are people going to realize that government intervention created this problem? More government intervention cannot fix healthcare. Healthcare is expensive due to the many government regulations and many lawsuits. Not to mention, life-saving drugs are awaiting approval by the FDA for as long as 10 years, and cost millions to get approved, while people are dying. Reduce regulations, reform tort law, abolish the FDA. Or just keep asking the gov to make more problems.

[thug2ryde]

And you want to represent the poor.

What do you think will happen when we tax their employers? Increases of cost of production means more expensive products and more unemployed people.

7% of the country cant afford healthcare, 9.4% are unemployed.

Think of who you are trying to help... if you are actually trying to help anyone, not just spreading propaganda.

[thug2ryde]

Prescription drugs are expensive? Its because the companies have to make up for all the money they lost paying off the FDA.

[thug2ryde]

Insurance companies don't make billions.

The government mandates DIRECTLY take 20-50% of your insurance payments.

In 2008, health insurance companies spent out 80% of what they brought in on claims.

[thug2ryde]

The under-insured are not paying for it, its usually HMO insurance through their employer.

HMO was becoming unpopular in the early 70s because it's purpose is to limit healthcare to reduce costs.

Ted Kennedy wrote up the Health Maintenance organization act of 1973 to force companies with more than 25 workers to get HMO insurance.

Blame the gov't for that one.

[thug2ryde]

You couldn't make it 30 seconds without lying.

20 million Americans can't afford health care, not 47. Jesus. Try actually reading something from the US Census Bureau instead of getting your facts from CNN.