Comments | ontd_political: Thousands line up to demonstrate that everything's hunky-*gotdamn*-dory with health care in the U.S.

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Thousands line up to demonstrate that everything's hunky-gotdamn-dory with health care in the U.S.

Jul 25, 2009 22:58

Annual Free Clinic Set Up At Wise County Fairgrounds Sees Record-Setting DayBy Debra McCown ( Read more... )

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tripmeup July 26 2009, 03:42:38 UTC

Well as a resident in the area of upper East Tennessee and close to Wise County this really isn't shocking but it's like this all over the nation.

I just recently was able to enroll for healthcare at my job and I've without it for 3 years. Now I'm stuck with several bills from the ER which won't be paid anytime soon I'm afraid.

mercystars July 26 2009, 03:44:15 UTC

IT DOESN'T COUNT IF IT'S POOR PEOPLE.

SOCIALISM!!!!11111ONEONEONE11111!!!

syndicalist July 26 2009, 03:53:03 UTC

They also just had a free "health fair" like this in Austin. Lots of people showed up who couldn't otherwise afford the kind of basic health care offered there.

Ironically within a few days there was a "tea bag"-type protests of folks coming out to demonstrate against Obama's health care plan because the US has the best system in the world, they said.

mindrtist July 26 2009, 07:23:18 UTC

Did you hear about that retired exec from Cigna that saw a fair like this, got disgusted with the industry (and himself,)and has been on the talk show circuit? He said that he saw people being treated in animal stalls and that's what broke him.

Fuck the tea baggers, they're so stupid they don't even know what they're protesting. I love it when they do it in public parks.

syndicalist July 26 2009, 07:33:23 UTC

Yeah, that guy you mentioned was on the Bill Moyers Journal on PBS a couple of weeks ago, and they showed scenes from that fair. I was thinking of exactly that when I saw the scenes from this fair on the local news.

mindrtist July 26 2009, 21:45:06 UTC

Him coming out was like the people from the CIA admitting they might actually maybe sort of be lying. A lot. One needs some good feelings during the day...

I'm so down with campaign finance reform, yet I wonder HOW it can even happen. It would be like asking me to legislate outlawing mushroom pizza and rootbeer.

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serendipity_15 July 26 2009, 04:32:53 UTC

I remember seeing a story about this on Bill Moyers like two year ago. He had originally started this to get health care to remote and rural parts of the developing world but now they do more and more work in the US and not just in rural areas like the Appalachian mountains region but places where you should, theoretically, be able to get health care but people can't it.

I hate to say it but I think that it would take a medically catastrophe along the scale of the Spanish influenza epidemic before people wake up and realize that this isn't cutting it. We NEED to do better but since everyone, according to republicans, who doesn't have healthcare doesn't deserve it because they're too lazy to go and make enough money to afford it then it's okay, right?

waderapspoorly July 26 2009, 04:51:16 UTC

(The following is what I've learned from answering the phones at my job.)

But the health care system in this country isn't broken! That muslim is going to take away our choices! I think Obama's going to repeal the 2nd and 22nd Amendments next! You young people should pull yourselves up by your bootstraps and pay for your own health care like we do!
SOCIALISM!!!!!!!!!!11111111111

Also my social security check is late.

the_laugh July 26 2009, 06:10:53 UTC

hahahaha!