Baucus's Raucous Caucus: Doctors, Nurses and Activists Arrested Again for Protesting Exclusion of Single-Payer Advocates at Senate Hearing on Healthcare
On Tuesday, five doctors, nurses and single-payer advocates were arrested at a Senate Finance Committee hearing, bringing the total number of arrests in less than a week to thirteen. We speak with two of those arrested: Single Payer Action founder Russell Mokhiber and Dr. Margaret Flowers of Physicians for a National Health Program. Full Story »
Posted by Dwight Rousu
The quote, “the futility of piecemeal tinkering.” kind of says it all. If we dance around these problems & let the self-serving, bottom-line driven corporations retain control, we will get nowhere fast. Single-payer is the only workable alternative that will not take us back to where we were & it is what the people demand. Compromise is good but we've had too much of that & you can't compromise with a rattle snake. Baucus has an obligation to include this viewpoint in the hearings.