Single payer health care rally held in Butte

[John Q. Citizen]

Single payer health care rally held in Butte

Posted: June 5, 2009 04:52 PM

Healthcare rally held in Butte
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Rallies to promote a "single payer health care system" were held across the state today. Here in Butte dozens of people gathered outside U.S. Senator Max Baucus' office to voice their support of a single payer system, where all citizens would be provided with taxpayer funded health insurance.

Advocates for the system called on Senator Baucus for support and to include the single payer system in healthcare legislation reform.

"People here want to convince him that it's very important that he include single payer in his talks, in his consideration," said Mary Kay Craig, a volunteer with Change is Coming. "However, he says it's too late, we don't think it's ever too late, lets not accept that it's quote, 'too late.'"

The rally also included testimonials and a guest appearance by "Fat Cat," who represents the current heath care industry. He was eventually "shoed" away.

Senator Max Baucus' office released this statement in response: "Senator Baucus and people advocating for a single payer system share the same goal: Providing quality, affordable health care to every American. And at the end of the day Senator Baucus is confident that the U-S Congress will pass and President Obama will sign into law, comprehensive, meaningful health care reform which will make this goal a reality."


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[katandmoon]

1. Translation: "Sen Baucus to single payer advocates: Go fuck yourselves"

[John Q. Citizen]

2. He's gotten a lot nicer about how he says it though. If he really has the same goals he'd hold

hearings in his committee and he'd have the GOA do an economic analysis of the single payer bills in front of the congress

[eagertolearn]

3. This protest is great. We all need to do this. Anybody have one scheduled

for Salem, Oregon. I'll bring people from La Grande.

[quidam56]

4. In other words, as long as the politicians and the profit machines

keep raking it in at our expense, we the people are screwed unless we stand up NOW. I've seen what is deemed, defended and supported as 'THE ACCEPTABLE STANDARDS OF HEALTH CARE' in East Tennessee and southwest Virginia. It's nothing at all like they are advertising. http://www.wisecountyissues.com/?p=62

[trumanh59639]

5. Keep the protests coming

It's a great way to get our point across.