Ron Wydon recently had a funny video (as he termed it) on his new plan for "Better Health Care) and here is my reply to his video:

That plan is unworkable, does not save people's money, does not include
> retired people (who would pay for their plans? And who would pay back the
> government for all the corporations charges for plans and drugs? Doesn't
> the government have a clue as to how much we citizens are getting ripped off by these corporations? Diane

  I urge us all to steer the health care debate towards HR 676, a bill brought forth by Rep. J. conyers of Michigan. It's a single (non profit) payer system that will take all the profit driven corporations out of the health care business. Pleas look it up and tell me your thoughts.

mike c

mansfield oh

Please read this link first- it sounds like a good cause for children's healthcare.
What they don't tell you is the source of funding, not taxes across the board,
no- only taxes on tobacco.
This is dishonest and deceiving.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/929095116?z00m=9863588

This is a copy of the response I sent
after receiving this link in an e-mail.

Dear Breeana,

I am for universal healthcare for all,
including uninsured children.

However,I will not support any more legislation
that puts the burden of funding solely on the backs of tobacco users.

Yes, it is very easy to target smokers and others who use tobacco.

But that doesn't make it right.

Californians have had their tobacco taxes increase prices by 130%.
Enough is enough!
The last attempt to increase tobacco taxes in CA failed
to pass last November.
Maybe the voters are trying to say something here.

The Boston Globe gets it. The AFL-CIO, even after its members' responses at its presidential candidates debate in Soldier Field, even after this event at the Machinists Union does not. The AFL has launched a campaign in favor of "universal health care" that spells out goals only one presidential candidate supports. But the AFL says it won't back a particular "plan" or a particular candidate. OF COURSE it won't. It will back whoever the corporate media tells it to back. But "plans" that keep the private insurance companies in place do not provide what the AFL is asking for. Only single-payer does that. Only Dennis Kucinich supports it.

Kucinich Is Right on Health Care
By Derrick Z. Jackson, The Boston Globe

Dennis Kucinich rarely gets much airtime in Democratic presidential debates. That was underscored recently when ABC's George Stephanopoulos called on him in an Iowa forum to talk about God. Kucinich said, "George, I've been standing here for the last 45 minutes praying to God you were going to call on me."

With poll numbers at 1 or 2 percent, the Ohio congressman is the nudge kicking at the knees of the Democratic Party to offer more than incremental change. He deserves more attention than he gets. On healthcare, he says what Americans believe, even as his rivals rake in contributions from the industry.

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