The hour is here. You know it's coming. You knew it's coming for a long time. The talks have droned on, but the forces of the night have already amassed on the Valley of Megido. Maybe you were too busy scraping a living to keep up- we all were. Maybe you have been justifiably cynical about the system. Maybe you've been exhausted from fighting all the other good and worthy fights. But no matter- war is upon us.
President Obama has lit the torches and sounded the clarion call: Man the battle stations! Answer the good president's call here:
Healthcare Stories for America
President Obama wants to hear and air our personal healthcare stories. Don't let the insurance industry speak for you. They have spoken for us for far too long. They had been able to substitute reality with fictional fantasies unchallenged, like the Harry and Louise ads that sank Hillary Clinton's health care reform back in 1995. But that was then. This is now. This is the Web2.0 age. We have the power to tell our own tales now. The DLC is not going to tell our stories. The AMA is not going to tell our stories. The NYT is not going to tell our stories. It's up to us to tell our own stories. Send the link to your friends and loved ones who are struggling with healthcare nightmares -they are usually too exhausted to find these links on their own. Spread the word. Our stories will not be ignored this time.
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Kerry Lauerman
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http://bgladd.blogspot.com/2009/05/us-health-care-policy-morass.html
I am dubious that anything substantive will be enacted this year. See my post for the reasons why. That doesn't mean I'll give up the fight.
The fact is most people are either not business savvy or do not understand the cost of doing business and thus, do not realize that their current employer supplied health insurance could vanish and leave them out in the cold. If we can put a man on the moon less than ten years after deciding to do it, we can certainly figure out a workable public health care option within a year or two (the sooner the better).
Enough is enough, let's get this puppy done.
Bobby: you medicine blog is awesome. I read a few entries- love that story about the Dalai Lama's doctor. It's rare to see a doctor who is so open-minded about alternative medicine.
RW: Wow- I am very surprised that a staunch conservative like you supports healthcare reform! But in a way I am just as surprised that MORE conservatives don't support it. Given that most small business owners are conservative- and they are screwed by the current HMO-care. They should know what you and GM already figured out- publicly funded health care is good for business.
The Nazicons in Congress want to feed us scare stories about so-called "choice." They say if we have National Health that we lose choice and have to wait in line. They want US to believe that where there is National Health there is no private insurance and not private hospital and clinic, therefore we should settle for nothing but the BS that they have to give.
The people that are most against Single Payer are the people in Congress who already have National Health or the ones like McCain who have never paid a health insurance premium or co-pay in their entire life.
The King has Returned and it is up to US the 350m to stand up and be counted for more than just sucker!
Man and Woman the baracades!