What do you think of our health care system?
Come on…Sit down, lets have a cup of coffee and a civil discussion. Make mine a red eye with out the cream and hold the lies.
David Certner, legislative policy director at AARP, was online Wednesday, Aug. 19, at Noon ET to discuss health-care, the lobbying group’s support of President Obama’s agenda and recent reports that approximately 60,000 senior citizens have canceled their membership because they fear Medicare benefits will be reduced in order to support a health-care overhaul. LIE!
David Certner:I quote " AARP is driven by its members best interests, as it is with every debate. We have both those who are on Medicare, and who are looking to strengthen the program, including looking to lower their costs, keep their doctors, and get better drug coverage. And as you note, we have members who are not yet eligible for Medicare, who either want to keep the insurance they have, or who are desperately trying to find insurance in the individual market. About 1 of every 4 60-year-olds can’t even get insurance because of a pre-existing medical condition — and we agree with you that this must change". TRUTH!
I hope we can all agree that our Health Care system is just plain broken – it costs too much, does too little, and in many cases hurts more than it helps. And the TRUTH is, if we don’t change things soon, it’s only going to get worse.
But this year we have a unique chance for health care reform. But we need Congress to act. Click below to join me in demanding health action now!http://www.healthactionnow.org
We know there are some in Congress who believe our current economic crisis means we can’t afford to fix health care right now. But with the cost of care skyrocketing and families’ health premiums slated to double in the next 10 years, we have one message to these naysayers: we can’t afford not to.
The TRUTH is, if we don’t fix health care, we can’t truly fix our economy. Will you join me to make sure Congress and President Obama follow through on their promises to work together to pass comprehensive health reform this year?
Send a message to Congress telling them you won’t settle for anything less than health action NOW. http://www.healthactionnow.org
Thank you for helping me fight to make health care affordable for all Americans!
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Thanks Thom. The health care debate in this country is so full of lies and misinformation it is pitiful. The corporate media is NOT a good source of unbiased factual information but unfortunately that is all most people have so they are grossly misinformed about what health care reform is really all about. The health care system in this country is TERRIBLE. People die because of it every day. One of the lies perpetrated by corporate media is that the US system is the world’s best. WRONG! The World Health Organization rates the US health care system as the most EXPENSIVE in the world, but only #37 in terms of positive outcomes. So we pay the most but have the outcomes of a third world country. Things need to change.
Thanks again.
Lorraine