Countdown: 'Weath Over Health'

[Hissyspit]

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MSNBC Countdown w/ LAWRENCE O'DONNELL - 13 November 2009: "Weath Over Health"

David Brennan, CEO of pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca, gave notice today to Huffington Post that Big Pharma's tenuous support for health care reform will revert to forceful opposition if anything like the House health reform bill emerges as the final package. UnitedHealth has once again emailed its 75,000 employees to actively lobby to oppose the public option.

[StreetKnowledge]

1. As if it wasn't obvious enough already.

America needs single payer. Like every other developed country in the world has, and some that even aren't so developed.

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2. The un-rec. troll must be off on wkends

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3. A PO is the only thing that will allow gov. involvement in HC ins so can be expanded in the future

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4. Without it the reform bill is merely an exchange of tit for tat all to priv. ins' benefit.

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5. A give away to priv ins as much as the planned give away to Pharma.

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6. Billions will be spent to stop it if has a robust PO and ability to negotiate drug prices inMedicare

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7. The ad is totally misleading as tax increase is on .03%of wealthiest Americans

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8. This is our big chance to prevent a corporatocracy from replacing our democracy

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9. no...here it comes...must have been out getting drunk or something

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10. It is not "Gov. run HC", It's gov. run ins. option.There are no "cuts to Medicare" and...

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11. higher premeiums only apply to those in the gov. option as it applies to so few eligble for coverage

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12. Distortions from the profiteers who are desperate to maintain their profiteering.

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13. Their bombardment of ads will only be debunked on the net and word of mouth.

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15. There is so much more riding on this than HC ins.I only wish Rahm Emanuel wasn't involved

[Hissyspit]

14. "Wealth" not "Weath"

I am my own Spelling Nazi.

[AlbertCat]

16. Well, somebody finally said it....on TV

But they needn't have done a whole segment...

I mean there is one, and only one reason to oppose some kind of government run health care plan. And that is profit.... the loss of it by private insurance and providers. Period. There simply is no other real reason.

Perhaps a whole segment where they repeat this over and over....