Out of loony Oregon will be another bus advocacy for single payer i.e. socialized medicine.
From the press release”
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“MAD AS HELL DOCTORS” FROM OREGON EMBARK ON CROSS COUNTRY CARE-A-VAN TO DEMAND SINGLE-PAYER FROM CONGRESS
PORTLAND, OR (8/9/09) – Frustrated with the health care ‘options’ coming out of Washington, D.C., six “Mad as Hell” Oregon physicians are taking an unprecedented road trip across America to lobby Congress for a single-payer health care system. A big part of their plan is to take the entire country with them.
Called a “Care-A-Van,” these road-tripping Oregon physicians will leave in a used motor home from Portland, Oregon on September 8th, inviting doctors and ordinary citizens from other states to join them on their twenty-city tour across the country. Their journey will culminate in a D.C.-based event on September 30th, scheduled to take place on the steps of Congress. Demonstrating with the doctors will be thousands of fellow ‘Mad as Hell’ single-payer advocates, all adorned with the movement’s new symbol – the white ribbon. Their demand: Single-Payer Now!
“We’re mad as hell because our health care system is run by people who profit from illness” says Dr. Paul Hochfeld, lead Mad As Hell Doctor and producer of the documentary Health, Money and Fear. “The rest of the civilized world has test driven single payer and it works. But elected officials in America won’t even allow a discussion.”
“The public option is a trap.” Hochfeld continues. “It sounds very reasonable, but the problem with it, no matter what the final bill looks like, is that it will continue to allow private medical insurance companies to dictate America’s public health policies. And that’s just plain wrong.””
Where does my choice in helth care care fits in. Sounds like a plan to relive us of our rights to seek private insurance. (my comment)
Several national, single-payer advocacy organizations including Physicians for a National Health Program, Health Care Now, Single Payer Action, and even groups like Progressive Democrats of America and Jobs with Justice are supporting the Oregon”
It seems to be the same likely suspect as with most liberal advocacy.
One of the doctors on the a local radio station explains the plan as rolling our private insurance, veterans medical benefits, Indian affairs medical and Medicare benefits into a to a single payer. He say is not socialism but it see we have socialized government health care or government regulated monopoly as the old AT&T before the anti-trust United States v. AT&T suit.
A better solution Pay In Full At Time Of Service where we turn the clock back when we see the doctor and pay at the time of service. In addition, we couple pay in full with a private catastrophic insurance plan to handle major medical issues. Unlike single payer, the catastrophic insurance will run in the private market like auto insurance. After all I pay for my auto maintenance out a of pocket and have insurance to handle accidents cost and other liability.
Simple care a excellent example of Pay In Full At Time Of Service
