Monday, January 26, 2009
The insurance lobby hates universal health care
And they are gearing up their lobbyists to stop it. In the course of a program on the abysmal state of health care in the US, the BBC shows one insurance lobbyist explaining how they plan to stop any effort by President Obama to reform and expand the system.
"We plan on mounting a national campaign," warned health insurance industry lobbyist Angela Hunter, "and what we hope to do is to, number one, get some articles in the newspaper explaining what the problems are that we see with the plan. Two: Educate lawmakers, people who are members of our organizations, their clients--to go and lobby members of Congress--call them on the phone, visit them in their offices, and to just do everything that we can possibly do to preserve the freedom of choice for individuals in health care in America."to preserve the freedom of choice for individuals".Notice the big lie they slip in at the end, guaranteed to excite non thinking Americans everywhere. They don't yet know what the plan will be but they will try to stop it. And for what? To preserve this health care system?
The documentary opens in rural Kentucky, where people have driven within a 200-mile radius to wait in line in the early morning for a spot in line to see a volunteer doctor thanks to the efforts of Remote Access Medical, who originally set out to help people in the Amazon jungle, but now focus 60% of their time on Americans.
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