Comments on: Keith Olbermann: Follows the Money in Healthcare Hang-Ups http://singlemindedwomen.com/womens-health/keith-olbermann-healthcares/ Women's Health, Women's Relationships, Single Women's Work Life, Single Mothers, Money, Careers and Travel Mon, 14 May 2012 22:18:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: sam http://singlemindedwomen.com/womens-health/keith-olbermann-healthcares/comment-page-1/#comment-817 sam Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:16:02 +0000 http://singlemindedwomen.com/?p=18569#comment-817 It is very irresponsible to continue spewing propaganda from biased resources (Daily Kos, Olbermann, etc.) while neglecting to report on all the negatives about this major piece of legislation. You even refuse to mention how NO ONE in congress (and certainly not the president) can be bothered to thoroughly read and understand the bill! Stop acting as if there is absolutely no downside to this issue, you're certainly not doing single women justice by withholding facts about what this is going to cost all Americans in terms of money, health, and freedom! <strong>JOSIE BROWN'S RESPONSE:</strong> <em>Sorry, Sam, I can't agree with you that, because two of the sources quoted in these articles are DailyKoz.com and Keith Olbermann, that this is "propaganda." In fact, we validated their facts, via other sources: both the multi-million-dollar salaries of the various chief executives mentioned (the DailyKoz.com article) and the amount of money Mr. Olbermann read on his show, that was given to our elected officials -- by pharmaceutical companies, insurance companies, and hospital corporations -- so that they may block this legislation. The information is out there for you, too, Sam. Don't shoot the messengers. Instead, verify the message. In other words, FOLLOW THE MONEY. As for whether the President has read the bill, stop me if I'm wrong, but neither you nor I are sitting in his study or looking over his shoulder. If you are, I stand corrected. Do you suppose there is a logical reason as to why the US is the only major democracy in the world to NOT offer healthcare to its citizens? Either they have it way wrong, or we're being duped. An aside: Having family who lived in Canada and experienced first hand the top notch healthcare offered there (including obstetric and maternity costs for bearing two children -- again free, with wonderful doctors and in state-of-the-art facilities, whereas you'll pay over $20,000 per child, stateside), let me assure you: your sources are misleading you. In fact, if the United States were to offer a public healthcare option, in doing so, no one is taking your private insurance option away. <strong>The bill states that succinctly and clearly</strong>. You should feel free to stay with your insurer, even up and beyond a $4,000 per month premium. After all, what's more American than a nice big profit? It's been my experience as a journalist that the people "outraged" by America's healthcare system either (a) bear the burden of their own coverage because they are either self-employed or unemployed, or (b) have had a health crisis in their lives or their family's and know first hand how difficult it is to collect on your coverage, or (c) have suffered the loss of their insurance because they were "guilty" of becoming ill. I'm just curious: what has been your personal experience in any of these areas? Feel free to share your experiences with us. —Josie Brown </em> It is very irresponsible to continue spewing propaganda from biased resources (Daily Kos, Olbermann, etc.) while neglecting to report on all the negatives about this major piece of legislation. You even refuse to mention how NO ONE in congress (and certainly not the president) can be bothered to thoroughly read and understand the bill! Stop acting as if there is absolutely no downside to this issue, you’re certainly not doing single women justice by withholding facts about what this is going to cost all Americans in terms of money, health, and freedom!

JOSIE BROWN’S RESPONSE:

Sorry, Sam, I can’t agree with you that, because two of the sources quoted in these articles are DailyKoz.com and Keith Olbermann, that this is “propaganda.”

In fact, we validated their facts, via other sources: both the multi-million-dollar salaries of the various chief executives mentioned (the DailyKoz.com article) and the amount of money Mr. Olbermann read on his show, that was given to our elected officials — by pharmaceutical companies, insurance companies, and hospital corporations — so that they may block this legislation. The information is out there for you, too, Sam. Don’t shoot the messengers. Instead, verify the message. In other words, FOLLOW THE MONEY.

As for whether the President has read the bill, stop me if I’m wrong, but neither you nor I are sitting in his study or looking over his shoulder. If you are, I stand corrected.

Do you suppose there is a logical reason as to why the US is the only major democracy in the world to NOT offer healthcare to its citizens? Either they have it way wrong, or we’re being duped.

An aside: Having family who lived in Canada and experienced first hand the top notch healthcare offered there (including obstetric and maternity costs for bearing two children — again free, with wonderful doctors and in state-of-the-art facilities, whereas you’ll pay over $20,000 per child, stateside), let me assure you: your sources are misleading you.

In fact, if the United States were to offer a public healthcare option, in doing so, no one is taking your private insurance option away. The bill states that succinctly and clearly. You should feel free to stay with your insurer, even up and beyond a $4,000 per month premium. After all, what’s more American than a nice big profit?

It’s been my experience as a journalist that the people “outraged” by America’s healthcare system either (a) bear the burden of their own coverage because they are either self-employed or unemployed, or (b) have had a health crisis in their lives or their family’s and know first hand how difficult it is to collect on your coverage, or (c) have suffered the loss of their insurance because they were “guilty” of becoming ill.

I’m just curious: what has been your personal experience in any of these areas? Feel free to share your experiences with us.

—Josie Brown

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