AHIP is the powerful insurance lobby that spends 5 million dollars a week trying to kill health care reform. Billionaires for Wealthcare is a grassroots network looking to stop them – with song. • AHIP and other insurance and HMO interests spend nearly $5 million per week undermining real health care reform, including a public option. • AHIP has resorted to out-right lying and scare tactics to block health care reform. They sent letters that lie to seniors about what health care reform means for Medicare, and they issued a report on the costs of health care reform legislation that is so misleading even the reports embarrassed authors distanced themselves from the way AHIP used their work. • Every year, 45000 people die because they cant get access to the health care they need. Yet AHIP continues to stand in the way of health care reform that would provide coverage to millions of Americans because the industry is more concerned with protecting profits than saving lives. Tell your Representative to Support the Public Option: action.firedoglake.com Lyrics to “Public Option Annie” (to the tune of “Tomorrow” from Annie) SINGER #1 No, thank you! FOR KILLING THE PUBLIC OPTION AND BLOCKING ANY HOPES OF ITS ADOPTION THANK YOU, SIR! SINGER #2 Sure, BUT WHAT ABOUT COMPETITION? IT’S AN OLD AMERICAN TRADITION OR SO I’VE HEARD? SINGER #1 Meh. SINGER #3 WHEN OLYMPIA SNOWE SAID NO, IT CROAKED Right? SINGER #2 NO, THE OPTION’S NOT DEAD SINGER #3 OR RED! SINGER #1 EXPLAIN! Who let these …
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BEST. PROTEST. EVER.
@NakedWombat666 Of course they did a good job, George Soros can afford to hire the best.
Classic, Good to see america is alive and well!
If there is no public option i the health care bill it is a pile? of garbage bill.
Tell your democrat representatives that if they don’t put it in the bill you will not vote for them next time around.
They are showing themselves to be part of the rich corrupt powers party with every action they take (along with the republicans).
Force them to do the right thing, because they do not want to.
This is freaking great job!
I. Love. This. Video.
Oh, I love it. Brilliant version of the song, brilliant singers and I do love your style of protest. Keep up the good work!
KenMac,
I’m reading book on Abe Lincoln. He scrimped and saved, bought books to self-learn religion and philosophy. His father was unschooled illiterate farmer.
Back in the day, ONLY children from well-to-do families could afford to school children, society was more divided by upper educated class vs. uncouth, illiterate poor.
Public Ed I agree is not neutral today. Some indoctrination in cultural values du jour. Teach style orig based on Prussian military society for factory work – JT Gatto.
A lot of this debate mixes up health care itself, where private doctors provide care, with financial risk mitigation design. The financial issue must include SOME form of risk mitigation insurance, or a heck of a lot of money/credit/reserve for few individuals … or luck.
Public Option/Single Payer means We the People agree to pay for ourselves together, w/o some private corp adding enormous profits for actuarial services and broadening individual risk, acting gatekeepers. Govt is “We”.
Wow 70% of the people want a public option but McCain got 47% of the vote. Hmmmm. I guess those teabaggers don’t need an empty mouth to pull the ‘R’ lever in the voting booth.
That was one of the best – scratch – THE BEST – political statement of any kind I have ever seen. Gandhi would be proud… and entertained. You were non-violent, yet you got your point across.
True Americans (like me) thank you!
Teabaggers, well, they would thank you, but.. seems like they have something in their mouths at the moment, but if they ever get that something out of their mouths, they SHOULD thank you.
I had no idea how uneducated our country is. The progressives have done a good job of keeping the truth from you. Go to PJTV and watch some Bill Whittle videos and find out the truth about progressives and what road you’ll be on if you follow them.
I had no idea how uneducated our country is. The progressives have done a good job of keeping the truth from you. Go to PJTV and watch some Bill Whittle videos and find out the truth about progressives and what road you’ll be on if you follow them.
Question: So we know that the Republican party believes that health care does, in fact, need an overhaul, but they believe that a public option and a medicare expansion are not good ideas. That’s fine and dandy. Now, what do they suggest we do instead? I haven’t heard one member of the Republican caucus come up with a plausible plan for health care reform…
70% of Americans want a Public Option. But what’s your point? The ruling class of this country does not want a Public Option. So guess who wins? Still, this is a good video. I liked the pollster saying he wasn’t getting paid. Like we are supposed to believe he isn’t a paid shill for the insurance industry, he just works as a pollster for the fun of it. Yeah, right.
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“Lieberman needs to be curtailed. See to it, will you Bond?”
“He’s worse than Blofeld, sir.”
“Yes, Bond. Some of these corporate people in America are the New Evil.”
Its not coomunist or socialism to have health care for the country!!! You fucking idoits!! look at france they have health care and they are ok. you dont see the russian tanks rolling in paris square.
Please bring the public option back. The people demand that the public option be brought back!
I am not necessarily a communist. I do believe that it is a utopian, yet unobtainable state. But when many think of communism, they think of it under the rule of authoritarian dictatorships. Communism is NOT something to be feared. I don’t think many have read the Communist Manifesto. I am the first to admit that I don’t agree with all of its doctrines. I do know that some of the philosophies of communism can and should be admired and embraced. Most will disagree with me but that is my take.
Brilliant. So glad to have your support.
Who said anything about communism? They just suggested a national healthcare system. Many non-communist countries have this and don’t seem likely to give it up any time soon.
Bravo! Billionaires for wealthcare obviously has intellegence and talent. But insurance executives have monie and power.
amgnowai!
If you think this is going to change minds, rather than solidify conservative opinions that liberals and their ideas are crazy, then you should go back outside. The trees are lonely without you hugging them.