Stan Brock: Single Payer Would Put Me Out of Business

[proud2BlibKansan]

A single payer health insurance system would put Stan Brock out of business.

Brock is the founder of Remote Area Medical.

Remote Area Medical has set up in Wise, Virginia this weekend.

Providing free medical care to 1,600 people on Friday.

Brock turned away hundreds more this morning.

In an interview with Single Payer Action, Brock said that single payer national health insurance would put him out of business in the USA.

“A single payer system would put us out of business if it includes dentistry and vision care,” Brock said.

more . . . http://www.singlepayeraction.org/blog/?p=1238

[Tangerine LaBamba]

1. It would be a good thing

for Stan Brock to be put out of business by single payer health insurance here in the United States.............

[ColbertWatcher]

2. Aww poor Stan Brock.

Well, when we do get SP, at least if he loses his job, he won't be without healthcare.

[Hissyspit]

6. He wants to be put out of business. That's the point.

“Yes, then a single payer system would put us out of business and we’d go back to Haiti, and Guatemala and places where we belong,” Brock said.

Remote Area Medical is a non-profit.

From Wikipedia: Remote Area Medical Volunteer Corps (RAM) is a Knoxville, Tennessee-based, non-profit, volunteer, airborne medical relief corps that provides free health care, dental care, eye care, veterinary services, and technical and educational assistance to people in remote areas of the United States, and around the world.<1> RAM was founded in 1985 by Stan Brock who worked as an assistant to Marlin Perkins on Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom<2>. The group's work was originally confined to Third World countries, but later shifted towards the US.<3>

[proud2BlibKansan]

10. Remember that guy from Cigna on Moyers a few weeks ago?

He said he was stunned when he saw one of these clinics (it may have even been Brock's clinic. I don't remember.) I got chills when he talked about how stunned he was to see Americans in animal stalls waiting in line for health care. Animal stalls.

[demigoddess]

14. and the republicans think long waits will scare people off single payer

One thing we could do to offset that is to train more doctors, and physicians assistants, and nurse practicioners.

[GCP]

18. Cigna is one of the worst for covering health problems

From what I've heard. He should be ashamed on behalf of his industry.

HEALTH CARE IS A HUMAN RIGHT, NOT A BUSINESS.

[proud2BlibKansan]

8. I think maybe you don't understand the OP

:shrug:

[ColbertWatcher]

12. Yes, that's very likely.

Although, there's nothing stopping Brock from expanding or even adapting his services.

[rwheeler31]

3. Cool

[mmonk]

4. I wish I could recommend this twice.

Shame the bastards in Congress by sending it to the ones in bed with the lobbyists.

[Glenda]

15. i'll recommend it once for you n/t

[mmonk]

17. Thanks

:hi:

[Merlot]

5. So what? He should be happy to be out of a business that thrives on

the misfortune of others. And by misfortune, I mean those that live in the United States and don't have access to medical care.

[Hissyspit]

7. Remote Area Medical is a non-profit.

Wikipedia: "RAM is funded through donations and relies on volunteer doctors, nurses, pilots and veterinarians to provide care in poorer communities."

According to RAM, the organization has provided $33,079,038 worth of free health care to 357,368 patients with the help of 36,675 volunteers since its inception.<4><5> Approximately two-thirds of this total is in the USA. (Democracy Now - July 22, 2009)

[proud2BlibKansan]

9. Satire

Read the OP again. Click on the link and watch the video.

[Merlot]

22. Sorry, I'm touchy about this subject

don't have much patience for satire at this point. I read a headline and react.

I realized that they were a non-profit, but didn't know the article was satire.

I'm so disgusted at this whole health care debacle. Almost wish I hadn't watched Sicko. I knew things were bad, but seeing how people in other countries are treated with dignity, and how healtcare isn't a for-profit industry, well it makes me "sicko."

[dgibby]

20. He wants to be out of business in the US. That's the point.

He's for SP. He wants to go back to 3rd world countries that need him.

[crickets]

11. Bless you, Stan Brock. May we put you out of business soon. Thanks for posting this. -nt

:thumbsup:

[Naturyl]

13. I'd love to put Stan out of business.

I'm assuming Stan would love it, too.

[spanone]

16. this hurts my head.....so he wants medical care hard to get so his charity can survive?

i'm not computing

isn't that like Second Harvest complaining that if we feed everyone, there won't be a need for them?

[ipaint]

19. No.

“Yes, then a single payer system would put us out of business and we’d go back to Haiti, and Guatemala and places where we belong,” Brock said.



In other words, the richest country in the world shouldn't need him to care for hundreds of thousands of desperate americans who have no care. It's a disgrace that he is necessary here.

[spanone]

21. ah, thanks. coffee hasn't kicked in yet.

[rucky]

23. WTF?

How does he make his money now - if not off of subsidies?

He wouldn't go out of business at all, he'd just have to adjust his business plan, and provide care that can compete with everyone else.

[proud2BlibKansan]

24. He wants to provide care in places like Haiti

That was his original intention.

[rucky]

26. and again, I ask - WTF?

I don't see how that would put him out of business.

[proud2BlibKansan]

27. He WANTS to be put out of business

Did you click on the link and watch the video?

[rucky]

28. A-ha! I suppose that would've been helpful.

Now it makes sense.

[lumberjack_jeff]

25. Any form of universal access would put him out of business. n/t

[Warren Stupidity]

29. because there would be no need for free charitable health care.

Brock is making a good point. He would have to go to other countries that do not provide health care for everyone, like for example Haiti.