The real scoop on the Healthcare Debate

The Republicans, Lobbyists and Corporate interests are at it again. They muscled and bullied their way to put George Bush in office and look at us 8 years later.

We CANNOT let this happen again, not with our Healthcare.

Here’s an EXCELLENT review, by the fabulous Rachel Maddow of MSNBC, analyzing the latest trend of hecklers and thugs being mobilized to nix the Healthcare reform efforts. This is LOW! They’ll do anything to win at the expense of our lives and health! Nothing new there, but we can’t let them get away with it this time. Watch this video. It’ll open your eyes to the shameful behavior of the people that were in power for 8 years and caused so much damage, and now that they’ve been voted out of power, result to these tacky a-la-Chavez/Zelaya tactics. It seems they are aligned with each other. Let’s not let any of them get away with it. This is too important. Let’s fight them back on this misinformation war.

Here’s what happened in 2000, and since they had success, they are multiplying the model now against the efforts to pass Healthcare reform.

Paul Krugman wrote on Saturday about this debate, and he walks us through the myths, misinformation and wrong assumptions. Have no doubt that those who oppose Healthcare reform have a lot at stake, for they are pouring millions of dollars in what is becoming a successful misinformation war.

These corporate interests have won before. Remember the Clinton efforts?

Don’t let them win again. This is is a David vs. Goliath battle.

Here’s Paul Krugman’s clear and concise view of what Obama and the Democrats are trying to accomplish.
Op-Ed Columnist
Health Care Realities

By PAUL KRUGMAN
Published: July 30, 2009

At a recent town hall meeting, a man stood up and told Representative Bob Inglis to “keep your government hands off my Medicare.” The congressman, a Republican from South Carolina, tried to explain that Medicare is already a government program — but the voter, Mr. Inglis said, “wasn’t having any of it.”

It’s a funny story — but it illustrates the extent to which health reform must climb a wall of misinformation. It’s not just that many Americans don’t understand what President Obama is proposing; many people don’t understand the way American health care works right now. They don’t understand, in particular, that getting the government involved in health care wouldn’t be a radical step: the government is already deeply involved, even in private insurance.

And that government involvement is the only reason our system works at all.

The key thing you need to know about health care is that it depends crucially on insurance. You don’t know when or whether you’ll need treatment — but if you do, treatment can be extremely expensive, well beyond what most people can pay out of pocket. Triple coronary bypasses, not routine doctor’s visits, are where the real money is, so insurance is essential.

Yet private markets for health insurance, left to their own devices, work very badly: insurers deny as many claims as possible, and they also try to avoid covering people who are likely to need care. Horror stories are legion: the insurance company that refused to pay for urgently needed cancer surgery because of questions about the patient’s acne treatment; the healthy young woman denied coverage because she briefly saw a psychologist after breaking up with her boyfriend.

For more, click here, or paste the link below to visit the article at the NYTimes.com.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/31/opinion/31krugman.html

Paul Krugman's column at the NYTimes

Below are snapshots of Rachel’s video reports showing the ridiculous show the Republicans and Corporate interests are sponsoring to disrupt honest attempts of congresspeople to listen to their constitutents.

These are protesters, likely paid by Lobbying firms, Republican and corporate interests. These people gladly come out because 1. they don’t like Obama 2. are glad to stir trouble because they don’t like Obama and the democrats. 3. likely will get paid.

As per Rachel, this is Rick Scott, former Hospital Exec. Caused his organization pay a $1.7B fine.

One of the outrageous lies to derail the Health Care Reform effort

Memo from Republicans calling the strategy Recess Roastings - Shame on them!

The foolishness of the Republican scare tactics. Does anyone actually believe them?

And from the hecklers in congress -- courtesy of the party of NO -

Credit for all the video and pictures to MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show. Please click here or copy the link below for her page with more excellent videos.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#32292089

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