Advocates of Universal Coverage Rally on Capitol Hill

I guess publishing a photo of thousands of people in Washington DC to beg for health care is beneath the Washington Post. I am sure if Chris Crizzila was out there in his costume, you would be right there with cameras detailing every moment of his comedy journalism.

Also, Iranians gathering is so much more important that regular people wanting to save their lives in the united States. Jeebus. What's wrong with you people.

Sorry, but I have to ask this. Was Ibby Caputo at this rally? she writes "yesterday SEEMED a patchwork of union t-shirts"

SEEMED? I was one of the proud union members at the rally on Capitol Hill. My union, Communication's Workers of America had thousands of members there. They came from all over the country. Many other unions were involved including ironworkers, electrical workers, nurses, social workers just to name a few.
There certainly was a "patchwork" of union t-shirts. Union members have fought long and hard for many years for their benefits. Yesterday was an example of many union brothers and sisters coming together for a common purpose. We continue to fight to keep what we have worked hard for. Our hope is that our children and grandchildren will be able to have the same.

The author of this article fails to understand that we are fighting for equality. Perhaps it was too hot to interview those of us out there VOLUNTEERING our time, driving from as far away as the West Coast hoping to be heard. The goal is to provide affordable options for people to care for their families.

I am truly disappointed that a respected newspaper like the Post would run an article that lacks substance and understanding of this major issue affecting our country. Ibby Caputo obviously had no interest in capturing the real story here.
Maybe the newspaper was too busy covering Michael Jackson to care. (no disrespect to Michael Jackson fans I loved him too)

If it's such a great deal why haven't these people moved to Canada or Britain? As P.J. O'Rourke once said "If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until it's FREE." The people who can't manage Medicare, Social Security, the Post Office, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are going to "fix" healthcare. God help us. If you thought the age of Heroic Medicine ended 150 years ago, guess again. Many people say Obamacare will ration healthcare. That's not true, it will ration death sentences.

I've been looking in vain for a way to express my vote for single
payer health insurance.......if this is impossible (it wasn't for
Canada), let's at least have a public option. It is a big disappointmnt that we can't have single payer, when so many
people want it.

If maxtel 1910 believes that the federal government can't capably manage
a health care public option, fine....then .take one covered by private insurance. (but why do private insurance companies feel so threatened by this possibility of a public option?) However those who want a public option.....let's hope you get one. (I'm
covered by Medicare and have no problems with it, nor does my
doctor.)

We have 69 million 2 income households in this country that still have no health insurance! WHY? Yes, it is a BIG DEAL!

Move to Canada or Great Britain? We are American's and should not be forced to leave home. As American's we are quite capable of fighting for change. It is the American way and always has been.

The corner stone of competent healthcare is good diagnostics. To help pay for his plan Obama has recommended a 95% utilization rate for Medicare reimbursement of Diagnostic Imaging. This would make it all but impossible for outpatient Diagnostic Imaging centers to remain open. It would force hospitals to try to pick up the slack. This is one of the major ways that healthcare will be rationed and the quality of healthcare seriously downgraded.

How about a constitutional amendment for single payer health care? Looks like the statistics would back that up. Lets get started. They are talking about amendments for less important stuff.

Why not expand the thousands into a million + march into the capital? Especially on a cool autumn day.
If the middle class wants it, than we will show up, and if we don't than we deserve what we get. Regarding polls; Ask if it is needed and wanted the stats are overwhelming for not against. When the question of how to pay for it the stats shift in the other direction. Here's why. The primary driver for Americans has always been fear of ending up broke and on the street because of medical reasons. So when the fear question of how will it be paid for is asked, fear once again enters the picture, and a fear response emerges. Bottom line is that this fear of being bankrupted by illness colors the thinking and being of millions of Americans. Living with fear and uncertainty is keeping Americans from spending any dollars. With a single payer system America will once again open their wallets and the economy will surge. Remember that 70% of bankruptcies are due to medical expenses, think of how much spending could take place if those people were free to spend part of their savings on things other than doctor bills. Wake up America, there is no one living in a single payer system that would swap for our American system despite any flaws in their own. Would any system have imperfections? Sure. But benefits far outweigh costs.

FUNNY

"How about a constitutional amendment for single payer health care?"

MESSIAH rejected single payer 18 months ago. Get used to it.

VOUCHERS FOR HEALTH CARE -- NO MORE BUREAUCRATS!!!

The insurance companies, drug companies and the American Medical Association have teamed up to pay television pundits , radio hacks and also newspaper bloggers to convince people that America just cannot afford decent health care for ALL it's citizens.
What a surprise.
It's going to be a fight to join the rest of the civilized world after all.

If the public says that health care costs too much and has sky rocketed....then why doesn't the "Administration of Transparency" expose the money trail?

Why don't papers publish the profits of our big insurance companies, the trial lawyers and lobbyists, (and to whom they pander in Congress) and the Medicare reimbursment schedule to physicians? Then lets chart the hospitals: How many illegal aliens are served, uninsured, and the insured....look at their profits. Put it all in context.

And just for fun....let's compare income levels of different professions, and list the training time, school debt load and average hour work week, maybe some mal practice fees for interest, and let's try to figure out why there could be a doctor shortage?

Why don't we see it? We know the money is going somewhere....Could it be that exposing the REAL truth in this money trail wouldn't support an agenda?

Americans should demand it, and these industries should supply it. No spin, no Michael Moore propaganda and untruths, just hard data. It sounds foreign, I know...but that used to be what decisions were based upon, real facts and data.

But we all heard it...Tort Reform is off the Table. Not even up for negotiation. Why?

Let the American public decide.