Iowa Paper Demands Single-Payer

[ProudDad]

"When Iowans want ethanol, presidential candidates leap to it. When the state’s largest paper calls for guaranteed healthcare on the single-payer model…well, we’ll just have to see how that riles up the candidates. The Des Moines Register did just that today. Momentum is building."

http://www.guaranteedhealthcare.org/blog/shum-preston/2007/07/09/iowa-paper-demands-single-payer-todays-guaranteed-healthcare-roundup

"Yes, 'Sicko' is propaganda, but it shows need for reform"

"Michael Moore's film "Sicko" reaffirms what most of us already know: The U.S. health-care system is a disaster.

"What we hope the movie does: Spur Americans, at long last, to demand a system that covers everyone, while providing greater quality and reining in costs.

"The best option for doing that: a government-financed system, much like Medicare, which covers America's senior citizens. That wouldn't be "socialized medicine." Under Medicare, seniors still choose their doctors, and doctors don't work for the government."

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007707060355

[kestrel91316]

1. Why does The Des Moines Register hate America????

When did they go all commie-pinko????

[ProudDad]

2. I really don't know...

:shrug:


:)

[dflprincess]

3. I hope Murdoch doesn't decide to buy it

The Des Moines Register is one of the few good papers left.

[demigoddess]

4. Single payer would really help all of us and we should demand it.

loud and long.

[ProudDad]

5. I do, every chance I get...

Of course, most of the time I'm greeted with crickets or "you can't possibly do that here -- it's Socialized Medicine -- I don't want government health care", etc. even here...

[killbotfactory]

6. I want Single-Payer, too

But I don't expect us to get it in my lifetime. It would take a drastic change in our nations capital before it's even considered.

[ProudDad]

7. It appears that it's a very low priority

here at DU...