TPM: AFP Leads 500 to 1,000 Protesters Outside Rep. Mitchell's Office In AZ

[Barack_America]

A crowd of between 500 and 1,000 people gathered in Scottsdale, Ariz., Saturday to protest health care reform outside of Rep. Harry Mitchell's (D-AZ) office. At one point they chanted "Waiting is death," led by Tom Jenney, the director of Arizona's chapter of Americans For Prosperity, an industry-backed group that opposes reform. Many protesters then went to a town hall hosted by Rep. John Shadegg (R-AZ), packing 400 into a room built for 200. Shadegg (who opposes reform) threatened to throw out any disrupters, but the crowd remained civil.

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/live/health-care/#283951

....Dr. Jennifer Weil of the Indian Health Service sat against a wall outside the town hall, resting on the ground in the shade. She scrambled to her feet as the crowd continued to press in for the town hall.

“I think I’m the only liberal here,” said the Phoenix-based doctor. Weil said she worked for a government program administering free health care to American Indians.

“Indians are the only ones born in this country with the right to free health care because of treaties with the federal government that go far back for many years,” Weil said. “Now I’m not saying that every American should have the same thing, but I am proud to be a part of a program that provides free medical care.”

Weil said, as far as she could tell, it was she and she alone who was standing in support of the current health care plan at that particular time, outside of the crowded town hall.

“I do believe all people deserve health care,” she said...

More:
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/142751

[Kalyke]

1. People are so misinformed.

How did we get here?

[Barack_America]

3. Coordinated efforts...

Which appear to be out-organizing pro-reform efforts.

[NashVegas]

6. There Are More Profits to Be Made From 300 Million Uninformed People

Than there are educated.


It's heartbreakingly simple.

[Cha]

2. I Rec'd it so now it's

at zero..obviously we have at least one troll who doesn't want to expose the ignorance in AZ on the Greatest.

[Barack_America]

4. I don't know if the unrec is a troll...

Could just as well be somebody who doesn't want to hear bad news about health care reform efforts.

But thanks for the rec nonetheless.

[Cha]

7. Yeah! Now the article

has 10!

[kelly1mm]

5. RE Indian Health Service - it is NOT free health care

it is paid for by the government and financed by taxation - a true single payer system. It is disingenuous to call it free health care and perpetuates a stereotype that the left wants health care and is unwilling to pay for it.