ABC - Peter Jennings doing a special on Health Insurance Crisis

[LSK]

I hope this is good. This problem needs to be addressed. It is killing our country.

[SharonAnn]

1. Thanks, I just turned it on. I appreciate the "heads up".

[Sanity Claws]

2. He passed away a few months ago, right?

Have I got my anchormen confused? Is this show a repeat?

[Telly Savalas]

4. Given how nobody's done jackshit with regards to this issue.

the show could very well be 5 years old without being out-of-date.

[TheDebbieDee]

7. As far as I know, the show is not a repeat.....

Maybe this was a work-in-progress when Peter Jennings died.

[LSK]

8. i think that is what the case is n/t

[Massacure]

16. He was making it when he got sick.

He was never able to finish it. ABC put it together after Peter's death using his research.

[justgamma]

3. I wonder how many people are in the ER

because kids never get an earache during office hours. I once drove 45 miles to the ER because I woke up at 2:00 in the AM with a roaring toothache. I couldn't wait.

[Al-CIAda]

5. premuims have went up avg. 15-20% per year for the past 5 years.

If this isn't included in the Dem. 'pledge to America' in 2006, they are brain dead.

[Broken_Hero]

6. Yes, watching it now...

but i'm sure others appreciated the heads up...:)

[LSK]

9. GM spends more on health insurance than steel

Over $1000 per car goes to health insurance.

[dweller]

10. ahh, now getting to GM

wonder if this will be a cover for GM's woes.

okay, now. . . follow the $$.

dp

[lavenderdiva]

11. just finished watching it...

found it informative, but wondered why universal health insurance wasn't even mentioned one time...

[LSK]

12. the guy at the end hinted at it

But yeah, I noticed that too.

[dweller]

14. he did, he said something to the effect

we have the medical facility, staff, tech, and ability to provide excellent coverage for every individual, but what we don't have is the plan, nor the energy/initiative to come up with it.

close enough?

dp

[Cleita]

13. Dirty words.n/t

[LSK]

15. had an argument with a brainwashed friend during this

He gave me the Rush talking points :
-that people in other countries wait 10 months for health care
-that Heart surgeons deserve $1million/year

The amazing thing is he is loosing his health insurance in a few months and I have great coverage through work. Yet Im the one arguing for univeral health care and he offers no solutions.

Ahhh the sheeple.

Can anyone point me to some good reads on European health care systems?

[Massacure]

17. Every country is different.

And every country has its fair share of horror stories.

[charlie and algernon]

18. i've never leaned closer to socialism than after watching that program

I've always been a fan of universal health care, but now i see it's the ONLY way to go. I also wouldn't be opposed to slapping down all these big companies which are sucking this country dry.