Special Briefing TONIGHT on Health Reform
Posted on August 11th, 2009 by Jason Rosenbaum in Take Action!
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Can you join us tonight?
Health Care for America Now has organized a special briefing with Texas Representative Lloyd Doggett, actress Edie Falco, Richard Kirsch, Health Care for America Now's National Campaign Director, and Dan Heck, a regional director for Working America and Health Care for America Now to get the facts out about health care reform, find out what's at stake, and learn what you and I can do to help pass reform.
The briefing is tonight, Tuesday, August 11th, at 9 pm EST (6 pm PST). Click here to RSVP.
Why a briefing? Because lobbyist-funded right-wing extremists are making trouble at town halls all across America. These disruptions are funded by special interests like the insurance companies, who want to kill health care reform as quickly as possible. They're trying to make sure nobody can have a productive, rational conversation about what health care reform will do for you and me.
We can't let them stifle debate or we will not win health care reform this year.
So join us for a briefing on what you can do to help pass reform, how to fight back against the right wing, and what's in it for you. We're also taking questions for the speaker. So RSVP, ask a question, and join us tonight at 9 pm EST (6pm CST).
(By the way, you can also ask us a question via twitter if you want, just send them to @HCAN.)
It's sad to see seniors and misguided protesters vote against their own interest. The math is very clear considering insurance companies made 400 per cent more profits between 2000 and 2009.
No HEALTH CARE REFORM means no lowers costs means insurance industry becomes more successful.
People suffering = profits.
This is the formula, the status quo, that millionaires and billionaires will protect by any means necessary.
What say we make 2009 a disappointing year from those who take 30 per cent of every dollar?
Let's fix what we have. It's cheeper that starting over. Medicare is the perfect example. It's not able to sustain itself- already almost out of money.
Do you understand why Medicare is out of money? It's the same reason one of your fellow Americans goes bankrupt every 30 seconds due to Medical costs.
Health care costs are too high.
Unless we fix that, the whole country is in for big problems, and it's not just Medicare.
I meant let's fix private insurance. I obviously have been thinking about this a lot just as you have and I honestly believe we have the same goal. I simply believe in fixing what we have rather than inserting a public option. Scratch all my examples of Medicare and think of this:
Thanks for reading again. Again, I really believe we have the same goal: health care reform, but believe there are different paths to it. Why buy a new car when you can fix the old one?
1. Veterinarians provide the same care as human doctors: C-sections, orthopedic surgeries, general exams, vaccinations, oncology, etc. They charge much less partly because we obviously treat animals differently than humans but also partly because people pay out of pocket. They shop around for the cheapest prices and Veterinarians have to charge what people are willing to pay. Veterinarians make a good living, but less than human doctors. (I'm not syaing human doctors should be paid less necessarily.) Veterinarians also do not have to pay large sums of money to insure themselves against malpractice claims. 2. Another example is lasix eye surgery which is not covered under most insurance plans - only people willing to pay out of pocket get it, therefore the price has not inflated as much as other health procedures. 3. Why do hospitals charge $20 for a tylenol, etc. 4. As I mentioned before, my husband and I buy our own health insurance, but did pay a good deal out of pocket for my last son's birth. Therefore, we paid attention to what we were getting rather than just getting everything offerd. For example, I also had the same lab test drawn twice, but stopped the second before it happened. We had to buy a Doc band out of pocket for my son. We have been very particular caring for it and doing all the physical therapy associated with it because it was important to us and we paid for it out of pocket. If people pay, they take more care of what theyhave. If they don't, they just take it for granted.
By the way, how is an American actor, Edi Falco more qualified to speak on Health Care than an American actor, Chuck Norris?