tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post7829257913777103888..comments2023-10-17T04:51:08.765-10:00Comments on KauaiEclectic: Musings: Parade DayJoan Conrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00172330100788007499noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-88697665758500790322008-11-09T06:23:00.000-10:002008-11-09T06:23:00.000-10:00Well, Obama has not supported single-payer.Right n...Well, Obama has not supported single-payer.<BR/><BR/>Right now, as far as I know, the only elected official in washington who actually supports single payer is Bernie Sanders of Vermont.<BR/><BR/>Yet in polls the majority of people in the US support it consistently.<BR/><BR/>I hope that enough pressure can be built to overcome the power of the insurance industry.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, it seems like the main progressive health care reform organizations have decided to do all the compromising on the front end instead of holding the line on single-payer. I'm not sure why grassroots organizations feel they have to weaken their stance. We're citizens, not politicians, right? Leave the compromising to the politicians. I don't think we can overstate the economic relief to families if we had single-payer.Katyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09145011324294730195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-59202804719469394862008-11-08T17:16:00.000-10:002008-11-08T17:16:00.000-10:00How do we create enough pressure to get a real sin...<I> How do we create enough pressure to get a real single-payer, not-for-profit health care system and not tacitly support the status quo? </I><BR/><BR/>One starting point would be to keep firing any elected official in Washington who directly opposes it, as well as any who refuse to oppose the <I>menage a trois</I> of politicians, health care industry and lobbyists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-73099455391302928742008-11-08T12:50:00.000-10:002008-11-08T12:50:00.000-10:00Great post, Joan.You ask a very serious and diffic...Great post, Joan.<BR/><BR/>You ask a very serious and difficult question here. I wish I knew the answer.<BR/><BR/>It reminded me of a scene I witnessed two weeks ago when I noticed a carwash being held by a family raising money to cover the costs of medical care for a very sick baby. <BR/><BR/>Just like those jars placed near cash-registers, I can't help but think that it's criminal that people are scraping pennies together to pay for health care, while others are making a profit off the fact that sick babies need doctors and medicine.<BR/><BR/>We have to help eachother out on an individual, emergency basis, of course, but more importantly we have to change the conditions that lead to families struggling in isolation to pay medical bills.<BR/><BR/> How do we create enough pressure to get a real single-payer, not-for-profit health care system and not tacitly support the status quo?Katyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09145011324294730195noreply@blogger.com