Congress has held nearly 20 hearings on health care reform this year, but only ONE witness has been invited to testify on a single-payer solution, and that wasn’t until last week. (You can read the testimony here).
The Senate Finance Committee, led by Sen. Max Baucus, is holding important roundtable discussions on health care on May 5 and May 14. The list of witnesses includes Blue Cross Blue Shield and the private insurance lobby group America’s Health Insurance Plans, but not one single-payer supporter.
This is unacceptable, and it’s time to take action.
A majority of American physicians and the public support the creation of a national health insurance program that covers everyone (known as a single-payer solution), and Congress has shut us out of the discussion.
Earlier this month, we delivered a letter to members of the Finance Committee, asking them to invite Public Citizen or Physicians for a National Health Plan to testify at any hearings on health reform. We did not receive a response.
If we are left out of this discussion, we will protest outside of Congress to make our voices heard loud and clear on this critical issue.
George
WHOA! A “public Citizen consumer represetantive” just got on national news in response to the hydroxycut product pull by the FDA and just said it was important to regulate (put in the hands of the expensive access denieing drug and medical companies) ingrediants in consumer health supplements that existed before 1994 (which are currently unregualted by the FDA thank GOD!)
What the hell is Public Citizen doing handing over our consumer choices to the damn medical industry?
Are you crazy?
Hell I usually support you guys but do you REALLY think that letting the Medical establishment/FDA regulate what people choose to supplement their own health with is going to increase their safety?
Have you LOOKED at the horrible studies the medical industry has done and products that have been given to the public THEIR WAY like killing statins and other for profit drugs. Now you want all supplement ingredients treated like regulated drugs? NO WAY. allthat will do is ensure consumers HAVE NO WHERE TO GO BUT EXPENSIVE BAD DRUGS. I’ll take my chances with supplements.
I DO NOT WANT you guys telling me I can’t make my OWN decision about what supplements I want to TAKE!
YOU BETTER REVERSE THAT STATEMENT DAMN QUICK.
Tell that stupid spokesperson of yours to SHUT UP.
May 1, 2009 at 9:00 pm
Joe Newman
hey George,
good luck with that.
May 7, 2009 at 1:35 pm