health care reform

Posted on | August 17, 2009 | 10 Comments

I have been reading an excessive amount of news lately (now that blogs and Ravelry are blocked, I’ve filled the void with news articles), and of all the items/articles/opinions I’ve read about health care reform, the interview between PBS’s Bill Moyers and former health insurance industry insider Wendell Potter paints the most compelling, honest and heartbreaking picture of the status of our nation’s healthcare.

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/07102009/watch2.html

Please watch.  Please read the interview.  It won’t be easy and it’ll likely leave you with a sick feeling in the pit of your stomach.  If you’re of the camp that you don’t want government involvement in your health care, please consider the current scenario of corporate CEOs who pull the strings (and often the plugs) of health care coverage in this country.  If you love your country, if you love your fellow human beings, please read/watch this interview.  Please contact your senators and representatives (you have to know your zip+four) and let them know that we will not stand by while Wall Street dictates who is insured and who isn’t, all in the name of corporate profits.

I’m lifting the quote that spurred Mr. Potter to action:   The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of moral crisis, maintain a neutrality. -Dante

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10 Responses to “health care reform”

  1. Lynn in Tucson
    August 17th, 2009 @ 12:24 pm

    Amen, sister. Thanks for that.

  2. grace
    August 17th, 2009 @ 12:46 pm

    I must resist the urge to whack people over the head who think that the status quo is just fine. Especially after watching this.

  3. LizzieK8
    August 17th, 2009 @ 2:28 pm

    Thanks for continuing to spread the good word! Maybe by remaining calm in the face of all the disruptive nay sayers we can convince people, one at a time.

    Yes We Can!

  4. Jen
    August 17th, 2009 @ 2:42 pm

    As usual, it seems as if the nay-sayers to reform are the folks who already have coverage and by the grace of God or whomever have not had the misfortune of having to utilize their coverage. I haven’t went to the link yet, but I have no speakers here at home; I’ll definitely check it later.

    I’ve missed you and your posts!

  5. Joansie
    August 17th, 2009 @ 3:48 pm

    Thank you, thank you, thank you. I’ve always believed that silence is acceptance. I hope we can stop the fear and give this healthcare plan a chance.

  6. Jodi
    August 17th, 2009 @ 5:49 pm

    Thanks for the link. It’s really terrifying to contemplate what a hole our country is in, and I’m so disappointed that Obama seems to be backing down.

  7. LynnM
    August 18th, 2009 @ 9:45 am

    Joansie linked to you on Alison’s post. Unfortunately on this issue, it appears that many overly vocal people are so misinformed that they are not just arguing against the common good, they are actually opposing a plan that would be in their own self-interest.

  8. mel
    August 18th, 2009 @ 1:51 pm

    Thanks so much for this link E, I will definitely be watching it when I get home. It’s been so frustrating trying to wade through all the misinformation. I work in a big health system (it does not make me an expert-I wish it did), what I do see when it comes to our mostly for-profit insurance system and what it means to those who are self-pay makes me nauseous. I just can’t understand the ire over this issue, when it seems to me to be a base level issue of equality.

  9. Marie
    August 18th, 2009 @ 7:49 pm

    Here’s a great article in the form of a personal story about why we need to fix the current system:
    http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/print/200909/health-care

    I like that he makes the point that health insurance isn’t health care. We need to make sure that everyone will receive Health Care!

  10. JessaLu
    August 23rd, 2009 @ 5:41 pm

    I agree that the current system is broken and needs a fix. Quite a few people are forgetting the nightmare our current president woke up to on his first day of office and are forgetting that it will take longer than seven months to fix the eight (or more) years of foolishness that proceeded him.

    I think we all need to raise a calm voice in this storm of craziness – thank you for this post. :o)