I thought I'd wake up this morning and see at least one very angry diary about the total hatchet job right winger John Stossel did on healthcare reform last night on 20/20, but alas, nothing here, move along.
Stossel interviewed "experts" from think tanks (so who funded these people who try to scare us?). He also interviewed a Canadian doctor who blasted the Canadian healthcare system even saying that people DIE waiting for care and people actually come over the border for the excellent healthcare in the U.S. I cannot tell you how pissed off I was that ABC gave this idiot a platform for this total bunch of bullshit. I had just watched Bill Moyer's Journal before 20/20 and was outraged at what was revealed by his guest, the former communications director for CIGNA who quit in disgust at his company's practices in purging customers when they affected the bottom line for shareholder profit, which is the only reason insurance companies are in business, Wall Street investor profits. And then to see Stossel's scare piece? Here is a link to his blog site so you can leave comments:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/...
More importantly, call or email ABC News to tell them how you feel about their network being used by the insurance industry to help kill healthcare reform:
http://abcnews.go.com/...
Also go here and scroll down and see the comment box on the right:
http://abcnews.go.com/...
What is really frustrating is that so many fewer watch PBS and Bill Moyers than watch network shows like 20/20. So most of the public is being fed this Stossel crap and accept it as fact, while a few are watching Moyers to get an in-depth bit of the truth. Oh, and don't get me started on Obama's seeming capitulation on the public option and now framing the healthcare bill as "insurance reform." If the insurance companies stay as the ones who control healthcare as they are now, nothing will change over the long term. I'm sooo disappointed right now. Again, it seems that corporate America is winning and we are losing. Will it take going to the streets people?