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In reply to the discussion: Now we know the real reason Aetna bailed on Obamacare [View all]nationalize the fed
(2,169 posts)45. Too bad single payer advocates weren't allowed to speak at hearings
Surely you remember when Max Baucus (D-Insurance) had single payer advocates including Doctors and Nurses *****FUCKING ARRESTED***** at a HEARING?
Just think- if a Republican had done that there would have actually been protests.
Baucus's Raucous Caucus: Doctors, Nurses and Activists Arrested Again for Protesting Exclusion of Single-Payer Advocates at Senate Hearing on Healthcare
Democracy Now.org 2009
Advocates of single-payer universal healthcare the system favored by most Americans continue to protest their exclusion from discussions on healthcare reform. On Tuesday, five doctors, nurses and single-payer advocates were arrested at a Senate Finance Committee hearing, bringing the total number of arrests in less than a week to thirteen. We speak with two of those arrested: Single Payer Action founder Russell Mokhiber and Dr. Margaret Flowers of Physicians for a National Health Program. [includes rush transcript]...
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/5/13/baucus_raucus_caucus_doctors_nurses_and
Max Baucus is now the Ambassador to China. He doesn't even have to hear about it anymore. Nice Work Max! You showed em how it's really done!
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More likely they'll blame it on Obama/Dems because they don't understand mess GOPer opposition
Hoyt
Aug 2016
#2
Well, I'm hopeful a Public Option will be difficult to oppose now if the new Prez lays the
Hoyt
Aug 2016
#16
The Public Option does one thing that Single Payer doesn't, let's the 40+% of folks adamantly
Hoyt
Aug 2016
#30
Too bad single payer advocates weren't allowed to speak at hearings
nationalize the fed
Aug 2016
#45
Unless the makeup of Congress changes dramatically, it will be doubtful in the short term that will
still_one
Aug 2016
#28
This was not the explaination I heard on the morning news. Never expect the FOX
Thinkingabout
Aug 2016
#3
All that's missing is the stereotypical thumb-breaker in a bad leather jacket...
Moostache
Aug 2016
#22
Hillary Clinton: "Single-payer healthcare will never, ever happen." We're screwed. nt
Arugula Latte
Aug 2016
#40
It's a vindictive decision to get "even" with the Obama administration for blocking their merger.
George II
Aug 2016
#17
The corporations are getting together to sabotage Obama Care when the R's could not. Now
FighttheFuture
Aug 2016
#21
BCBS of Minnnesota just canceled all individual and family coverage beginning in 2017
geardaddy
Aug 2016
#24
"I remember the days when doctors were middle-class and actually made house calls" WOW !!!
uponit7771
Aug 2016
#38