Disgusted Over Bush's Dismissal of Patients' Needs, Injured Ohio Patient D

[Judi Lynn]

Disgusted Over Bush's Dismissal of Patients' Needs, Injured Ohio Patient Demands Meeting Again

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NEW YORK, Jan. 26 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Judy Mays, an Ohio woman whose life was forever altered by the devastating effects of medical negligence, said today that she was strongly disappointed to learn that President Bush (news - web sites) is returning to Ohio on Thursday without even bothering to respond to an earlier request to meet made by her and two other women. Mays, along with Lisa Vitale and Deborah Rayburn, submitted that request seven months ago. Judy Mays is sending a second meeting request today.

"It is unacceptable for President Bush to campaign for a law that would protect HMO's, drug companies, unsafe hospitals and the insurance industry, while failing to meet with the very people who will be hurt most by his narrow-minded and harmful legislation," said Mays.

Bush plans to come to Ohio to discuss his health care agenda, which includes limiting compensation to most catastrophically injured patients. While campaigning last year, President Bush came to Ohio several times to attack those who use the courts to seek compensation and improve patient safety by holding accountable in court hospitals, HMOs and other heath care providers. Mays, Vitale, and Rayburn, all devastatingly injured patients of one particular doctor whom Bush brought on stage, demanded a meeting in a letter sent June 22, 2004. The White House still has not responded, as it has refused to respond to numerous other requests to meet by injured patients.
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[Pirate Smile]

1. Thank God, these are the people we need to make the rounds on all the

talk shows otherwise Shrub will define the issue in his standard dishonest way.

Some good commercials with these injured patients would be nice to counter the millions the insurance companies, business organizations, etc. will certainly spend to promote BushCo's legislation.

[Calvinist Basset]

6. commercials, yes.

On TV, the internet and radio, in newspapers and magazines, everywhere. Maybe someone could bankroll a national tour for these folks to show up at the same times and locations Smirky the Chimp plans to peddle his BS.

Anyone out there with pockets deep enough to take on this endeavor?

[The Backlash Cometh]

2. What scares me is that Bush is making it profitable for little

Mengele labs to spring up and test drugs in test areas to see what happens. Sure, there may be damages, but if they do it for short periods of time, and on a small, powerless group of people, it will keep the chances of litigation down.

[DustMolecule]

3. Is May's a * campaign contributor?

Didn't think so. Then he doesn't care what she or the other 'complainers' think. They aren't 'useful' to him.

I wish that was sarcasm, but I think it's just the plain and very sad truth.

All of those * supporters out there who think that * and his policies 'won't effect ME' (and I've heard some of them say actually this), are in for a very rude awakening....

[Rainbowreflect]

4. Please rate this article!

On edit; it is not allowing my rating of 5 to count.
Still says no ratings.

[uppityperson]

5. 5 with 1 vote! cool n/t

[idiosyncratic]

7. That's odd. I just rated the article and it still has only 1 vote

You have given the news article Disgusted Over Bush's Dismissal of Patients' Needs, Injured Ohio Patient Demands Meeting Again a rating of 5.

Its current average rating is 5.00 with 1 vote(s).

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

8. He CAN'T meet them

He'd have to come up with answers he doesn't have- they're simply not in his equation.

[tom_paine]

9. Judy, unfairness and injustice is the hallmark of Imperial Amerika

as is using the language from the rotting corpse of the Old American Republic to justify their crimes.

Poor woman should not expect anything else.

Now if she lived the the Free World...

[Gman]

10. More "Who cares what you think?"

'06 is an off year election without the benefit of Bush on the ticket and the disadvantage of Bush being a lame duck that by then will have pissed off just about 99.725% of the country.

[struggle4progress]

11. kick