Something rather remarkable happened on Tuesday's Morning Joe. Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York pointed out that the health insurance industry has no clothes, and Joe Scarborough, after first trying to spin it some gossamer threads, broke down and said, By God, you're right, this emperor is a naked money-making machine Full Story »
Posted by Tanya J. Maurer - via Craig Newmark
The presentation is novel: The reporter as TV viewer, commenting on a program, Morning Joe, that the reporter routinely watches. This approach fits well with the American palate when it comes to digesting news. In this context the premise of a single payer system for health care comes off as a simple and logical program. While this is not completely factual, it is credible and worthy of discussion. People who read Truthout and The Nation are part of the Choir regarding the single payer whisper campaign. For them this is a feel good article. While everything here is presented well, the real question is "to whom" is it presented? The end of the spectrum needing this information, this viewpoint, this discussion, will likely never see or read this.
In all the health care debate Single Payer is the biggest loser, because it is not discussed, not debated, not presented in any detail or described in any functional or operational frame. This has really cheated the American public from actually discussing Health Care, and all because those in the pocket of the Health Care Profiteers have won the "Message War" once again and labled anything that doesn't generate profit from pain as "Socialism." How is it that the thieves and idiots and liars always seem to win this war?