It needs to be pointed out that the GOP has stopped the appointment of a Surgeon General

[awake]

along with cutting funding to the CDC. In Texas where the health mismanagement is taking place is run by a GOP governor who has turned down Medicare expansion in his state. America needs to know that the GOP is the biggest threat to our health care and needs to be stopped before they kill us all!!!

[CaptainTruth]

1. With their climate change denial, they very well might kill us all.

[awake]

4. That because they keep saying that they are not scientists

"I Know Nothing"...

[lunasun]

14. Their greed and hate can take us all down

[napi21]

2. I KNOW! The AH'S turned down Obama's candidate BECAUSE he said "GUNS are a health problem

in the US." Knowing the number of people who are hurt or killed in the US by guns, he's right. I was told the NRA was behind this refusal to confirm him.

I suggest ALL of media should point that out in EVERY broadcast!

[oldandhappy]

3. Yes! Say it again and again and again.

And CC John McCain when you do!

[Baitball Blogger]

5. Do you have a link to the fund cutting to the CDC?

[awake]

6. With pleasure here is the link

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/10/13/1336299/-Republican-budget-cutting-nearly-halved-CDC-s-emergency-preparedness-since-2006#

Check out this video at this link as well
http://www.mediaite.com/online/republican-cuts-kill-ad-ties-gops-health-funding-cuts-to-ebola/

[Baitball Blogger]

7. Thank you very much!

[awake]

8. Your welcome

[tritsofme]

9. Democrats can confirm the Surgeon General without a single Republican vote.

It is Senate Democrats that have failed to move the nominee. The rest of your post is on point.

[awake]

10. Check ou this link to crooks-and-liars

http://crooksandliars.com/2014/10/steve-doocy-complains-theres-no-surgeon

[tritsofme]

12. Still, Senate Democrats don't need any Republicans to win a confirmation vote

Regardless of what Fox says.

[calimary]

11. I love rubbing this one in with my friend - who's a staunch GOP and rick perry fan.

For-profit private hospital, no nurses' union, in a red state. Where all they do all day is hate government and whine about government spending and how we need to cut, cut, cut.

I'm sorry - but - this is not that big a surprise, when you have a stage set up like that.

[Travis_0004]

13. Did Reed ever bring the surgen general up for a vote

Reed could argue the votes were never there (also due to a few people in his party, but we will never know exactly since he didnt bring it up for a vote.

And why hasnt obama nominated somebody else?

[tritsofme]

16. He will probably move the nominee in the lame duck.

[lunasun]

15. Nih too has cuts and bio disaster research