Health Care Reform Protests
Friday - Aug 07, 2009 - 1:43 PM
Health Care Reform is a tough issue for all of us here in the Unites States. We don't want to wait in long lines to get to the specialists, we don't want to lose the coverage for some trivial reason and we also do not want to pay too much for a good health insurance plan. On top of that there are justified concerns about the possibility of government's direct involvement into how the whole health insurance system will work in the future.
That's why I think we should have an opportunity to discuss this issue openly. Not only on TV and radio talk shows, but give everyone a chance to meet with their congressional representatives and hear all the pros and cons. Unfortunately there seems to be an organized effort on part of the conservatives and those who strongly oppose the Obama administration to undermine this whole debate. Lot's of accusations have been made on who stands behind those organized efforts, and it seems like at least some of them are legitimate.
One of the leaders behind those organized efforts is Mr. Rick Scott, a former hospital CEO. He is using his own money and founding from his supporters to run the Conservatives for Patient's Rights movement. He and his supporters are strongly opposing the proposed health care reform put together by the Obama administration. One thing everyone should know about Mr. Scott is that the company that he founded and worked for for many years was fined 1.7 billion dollars in fines, after an investigation into it's illegal practices of over billing state and federal health plans. That is not a mistake, the figure is 1 point seven billion, with a "b", in fines. That is by far the largest fine ever imposed on hospitals. The question I cannot seem to find reasonable answer for is, why do people follow someone who stole that much money from the government, from us, from our tax money???
source: CNN
