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Rep. Zach Wamp (R-Tenn): Health Care is a "privilege" (Remind me again why Repubulicans are good for our country? )
And of course, illegal immigrants!!!!!!111111111 Does anyone get the impression that a fulcoad of Republicans, and a sizeable number of Democrats, don't consider anyone an American unless they are rich (and white)?
Victory For Single Payer?
Is Single Payer a Possiblity?
The MSNBC anchor was almost taken aback by the "privilege" remark and asked Wamp to explain. "If you have cancer right now do you see it as a privilege to get some treatment?"
"I was just about to say, for some people it's a right but for everyone frankly it's not necessarily a right," he said. "Half the people uninsured today choose to remain uninsured. Half of them don't have any choice, but half of them choose to what's called 'go naked' and take the risk of getting sick. They end up in the emergency room costing you and me a whole lot more money."
And of course, illegal immigrants!!!!!!111111111 Does anyone get the impression that a fulcoad of Republicans, and a sizeable number of Democrats, don't consider anyone an American unless they are rich (and white)?
Victory For Single Payer?
Having initially excluded all advocates for single payer national healthcare from the White House Summit on Healthcare Reform, and after protest from activists, the Obama administration reconsidered and invited Rep John Conyers, author of HR 676 the single payer bill pending in Congress, and also a representative of Physicians for a National Health Care Program, to the summit attended by over 120 people Thursday.
Dr. Quentin Young, the founder and National Coordinator of Physicians for a National Health Program, explores Obama's views on single payer and the battle for healthcare reform.
Is Single Payer a Possiblity?
President Obama says healthcare is no longer just a moral imperative but a fiscal imperative. And to make the necessary changes he has vowed to fight the lobbyists and special interests. But in the middle of a financial crisis will healthcare reform happen? And will single payer advocates have a seat at the table?
Monica Sanchez of the Campaign for America's Future, Adam Thompson, Senior Health Care Policy Analyst at the Progressive States Network, California Nurses Association member Martha Kuhl, and Dr. Walter Tsou of Physicians for a National Health Program on the Sebelius pick and healthcare reform under Barack Obama.
