Throwing stones in our glass house
A group favoring a market-based approach and emphasizing patient choice, Conservatives for Patient Rights, came out Friday with two new ads featuring British and Canadian citizens who have suffered problems, such as a British woman who could not get a pap smear and her later diagnosis with cervical cancer came too late for treatment and a Canadian man who had to travel to the U.S. to get his heart condition treated. "Listen to those who already have government run health care," states the ad. "Tell Congress to listen to."4,070 women will die of cervical cancer in the US this year, and heart disease is the leading cause of death in the US!
Do they really think we'll fall for this? The GOP and insurance industry are bashing government-run health care by pointing out that it's not perfect, but look at our system! WE already have long waits! WE already have bureaucrats rationing care! And WE already have people dying preventable deaths by the millions IN THIS COUNTRY, RIGHT NOW.
Why is it OK when for-profit insurance companies ration care and let people die to save a few bucks, but not OK that the government might do it? At least the government would cover everyone, and not let 47 million people go without health care altogether! Read More......
