Mad As Hell Doctors to Hold Final "White Ribbon Rally" for Single Payer in Washington, D.C. on 30/09

[Turborama]

Source: PR Web

At the conclusion of a highly successful cross-country tour advocating for single payer, the Mad As Hell Doctors will join with their supporters in Washington D.C.'s Lafayette Park.

Washington, DC (PRWEB) September 28, 2009 --

After three weeks of caravanning across the country on a twenty-six city, single-payer advocacy tour, the http://madashelldoctors.com/">Mad As Hell Doctors from Portland, Oregon will hold a final "https://madashelldoctorstour.com/WHITE_RIBBON_RALLY_.html">White Ribbon Rally" in Washington, D.C.'s Lafayette Park from 4-6pm on September 30th.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Interview-with-Dr-Margare-by-Joan-Brunwasser-090507-40.html">Dr. Margaret Flowers, one of the "Baucus Eight" arrested in May 2009 for protesting a Senate hearing which excluded single payers advocates from testifying, is helping the Mad As Hell Doctors plan the White Ribbon Rally.

"Single Payer has a lot more friends in Washington than the media likes to portray," says Flowers pointedly. "So I've invited a lot people who would love to the opportunity to demonstrate their support for the movement. People like Rep. John Conyers who cosponsored HR 676, Rep. Eric Massa from New York, Senator Bernie Sanders, Wendell Potter from CMD and others - these are all extremely wise Washington types who understand that single payer in the only honest solution."

Other invited guests include the DC Labor Chorus, songwriter and composer Makuik, the Raging Grannies of Madison and Bob Wickline who will be performing live the original song he composed for the doctors entitled http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0nX5TSB03E">The Mad As Hell Theme Song.

In keeping with the original intention on the tour, the Mad As Hell Doctors will also conduct what they call a Care-A-Van, lead by their logo-wrapped flagship Winnebago affectionately known to their supporters as 'Winnie.' "We really want people to decorate their vehicles with lots of ribbons," says Dr. Joe Eusterman, fellow Mad As Hell Doctor and Winnie's self-appointed captain. "We want people to have fun with it, the way we have. Be safe, but be imaginative. That's how we'll attract attention. And who knows, a few people might even get some of our MAHD t-shirts if they really impress us."

Read more: http://www.prweb.com/releases/madashelldoctors/singlepayer/prweb2954424.htm

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This press release came out today and, as time is quickly running out, I thought this would be the best forum to post it in to try and give the event as much exposure as possible.

Their homepage: http://www.madashelldoctors.com/

Their Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/MadDrs?ref=ts

Their YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/madashelldoctors#grid/uploads

A partner YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/IMProgress#grid/uploads

As I noted in the videos forum, I'm worried the grand finale in DC is going to be a washout.

They are doing a brilliant thing but their YouTube videos aren't getting any views and if the lack of interest in the vids are anything to go by, things aren't looking good. This might be partly due to these vids not having any tags or descriptions, though. If they had had the backing of a national broadcaster, this would be massively dwarfing Soreloserpalooza 09.

This should be building a snowball effect so that when they arrive in DC there are thousands (if not hundreds of thousands) of supporters waiting for their arrival.

[Demeter]

1. Does this mean we should be flaunting White Ribbons?

Why wasn't I informed?

[quiet.american]

2. K&R nt

[SandWalker1984]

3. Paul Craig Roberts advocates single payer system, not mandates to buy corporate insurance

I came across this great article by Paul Craig Roberts that said it better than I could as to why we should be discussing SINGLE PAYER not mandates to buy private, corporate insurance:

It is the War in Afghanistan Obama Declared a "Necessity," Not Health Care
The Health Care Deceit
By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS

"The current health care “debate” shows how far gone representative government is in the United States. Members of Congress represent the powerful interest groups that fill their campaign coffers, not the people who vote for them.

The health care bill is not about health care. It is about protecting and increasing the profits of the insurance companies. The main feature of the health care bill is the “individual mandate,” which requires everyone in America to buy health insurance. Senate Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont), a recipient of millions in contributions over his career from the insurance industry, proposes to impose up to a $3,800 fine on Americans who fail to purchase health insurance.

The determination of “our” elected representatives to serve the insurance industry is so compelling that Congress is incapable of recognizing the absurdity of these proposals.

The reason there is a health care crisis in the US is that the cumulative loss of jobs and benefits has swollen the uninsured to approximately 50 million Americans. They cannot afford health insurance any more than employers can afford to provide it.

It is absurd to mandate that people purchase what they cannot afford and to fine them for failing to do so. A person who cannot pay a health insurance premium cannot pay the fine.

These proposals are like solving the homeless problem by requiring the homeless to purchase a house."

snip...

Roberts goes on to explain why the Baucus bill and "credits" to help purchase private insurance won't work.

Roberts states: "The private sector is no longer the answer, because the income levels of the vast majority of Americans are insufficient to bear the cost of health insurance today."

Roberts concludes: "The system is no longer functional and no longer makes sense. Health care has become an incidental rather than primary purpose of the health care system. Health care plays second fiddle to insurance company profits and salaries to bureaucrats engaged in fraud prevention and discovery. There is no point in denying coverage to one-sixth of the population in the name of saving a nonexistent private free market health care system."

WHY ISN'T CONGRESS DISCUSSING HOW TO ACTUALLY FIX THE SYSTEM VIA SINGLE PAYER?

WHY DO ALL OF THE BILLS CONTAIN MANDATES TO BUY PRIVATE INSURANCE FROM THE VERY CORPORATIONS WHO CREATED THE HEALTH CARE CRISIS IN THE NAME OF GREED?


To read the rest of the excellent article, go to
http://www.counterpunch.org/roberts09142009.html

[barbtries]

4. DAMN i wish i could be there

i am so on the bus for this.

[jtrockville]

5. I will be there.

[swilton]

6. K&R

Thanks for keeping us informed!:hi:

[mbperrin]

7. K&R for single payer! The only system which solves all problems!

Healthcare, rather than health insurance.

[Delphinus]

11. Amen!

They were going to come to NE Indiana but took on too much and had to bypass this stop.

[Iowa]

8. K&R

[Wilms]

9. k&r n/t

[Norrin Radd]

10. kr

[Vinca]

12. I hope they pin on some teabags so MSM will cover it.

[joeycola]

13. So, when is a single payer option going to be scored by the CBO??

[Delphinus]

15. Hmm ...

I thought it had been - and it didn't look good. I remember thinking, Bull!, when I read it, but maybe it was something else. Too many things lately to say Bull! about.

[joeycola]

17. I read a few weeks ago it was planned to be scored but have not seen

any followup.

[senseandsensibility]

14. kick

Don't give up hope.

[gorbal]

16. They aren't crazy enough to get notice

The press only gives attention to people who yell or threaten the president. Do you think they really care about what doctors think about healthcare? The viewers don't want intelligent conversation; they want a circus.