Comments on: Exactly what are we fighting for… a public option? http://www.whereistheoutrage.net/wordpress/2009/11/23/exactly-what-are-we-fighting-for-a-public-option/ Thoughtful, intelligent, entertaining, progressive discussion about politics, sports and whatever Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: libhomo http://www.whereistheoutrage.net/wordpress/2009/11/23/exactly-what-are-we-fighting-for-a-public-option/comment-page-1/#comment-62826 libhomo Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:00:02 +0000 http://www.whereistheoutrage.net/wordpress/?p=11237#comment-62826 2010 needs to be the year of the primary challenge. 2010 needs to be the year of the primary challenge.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.whereistheoutrage.net/wordpress/2009/11/23/exactly-what-are-we-fighting-for-a-public-option/comment-page-1/#comment-62824 Anonymous Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:44:19 +0000 http://www.whereistheoutrage.net/wordpress/?p=11237#comment-62824 I don't know what kind of health care reform will come out of this session, but I strongly suspect it won't be much. There is, however a silver lining behind this very dark cloud. I am reminded of the Civil Rights Act of 1957. Don't be embarrassed if you've never heard of it, there really isn't a hell of a lot to remember about it; a mere pittance, really - a scrap of leftovers tossed out to "American Negros" (in the parlance of the age) in order to appease them. But it made the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 - the one we remember - all-the-more easier seven years later. We'll live to fight another day. http://www.tomdegan.blogspot.com Tom Degan Goshen, NY I don’t know what kind of health care reform will come out of this session, but I strongly suspect it won’t be much. There is, however a silver lining behind this very dark cloud. I am reminded of the Civil Rights Act of 1957. Don’t be embarrassed if you’ve never heard of it, there really isn’t a hell of a lot to remember about it; a mere pittance, really – a scrap of leftovers tossed out to “American Negros” (in the parlance of the age) in order to appease them. But it made the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 – the one we remember – all-the-more easier seven years later.

We’ll live to fight another day.

http://www.tomdegan.blogspot.com

Tom Degan
Goshen, NY

]]> By: Joe White http://www.whereistheoutrage.net/wordpress/2009/11/23/exactly-what-are-we-fighting-for-a-public-option/comment-page-1/#comment-62823 Joe White Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:27:32 +0000 http://www.whereistheoutrage.net/wordpress/?p=11237#comment-62823 "We would have the ability to direct funding into clinical research that would give physicians answers to the most important medical questions" By this , I guess we can assume that all of the countries with government run health care are far ahead of the US in medical research and production of state of the art medicines and medical equipment. After all, these other countries have had decades to outpace the wasteful, inefficient United States. So, they are all way ahead of us, yes? So tell us, which country is the leader in medical research? In production of the latest life saving drugs? In the invention of medical devices? In pioneering new surgical approaches and innovative treatments? The US shouldn't even be second or third in any of these categories, right? We should be at the bottom of the list, correct? “We would have the ability to direct funding into clinical research that would give physicians answers to the most important medical questions”

By this , I guess we can assume that all of the countries with government run health care are far ahead of the US in medical research and production of state of the art medicines and medical equipment.

After all, these other countries have had decades to outpace the wasteful, inefficient United States.

So, they are all way ahead of us, yes?

So tell us, which country is the leader in medical research?

In production of the latest life saving drugs?

In the invention of medical devices?

In pioneering new surgical approaches and innovative treatments?

The US shouldn’t even be second or third in any of these categories, right?

We should be at the bottom of the list, correct?

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