Moyers Journal - tomorrow night - must see

[cornermouse]

NEWSLETTER - Friday, March 5, 2010


“We need to look at as a win for consumers as well. Yes, it'll be a win for the insurance companies. But I don't think we're gonna wind up with the insurance companies walking away, winning the whole ball game. If we don't do anything right now, that's what will happen. They'll win everything."
- Wendell Potter

“What this bill does is not only permit the commercial insurance industry to remain in place, but it actually expands and cements their position as the lynchpin of of health care reform. These companies profit by denying health care, not providing health care. And they will be able to charge whatever they like.... Not only does it keep them in place, but it pours about $500 billion of public money into these companies over 10 years. It just pours public money into these private companies. And it mandates that people buy these companies' products for whatever they charge. Now that's a recipe for the growth in health care costs, not only to continue, but to skyrocket, to grow even faster."
- Marcia Angell

This week on BILL MOYERS JOURNAL (check local listings)

* After months of lobbying, grandstanding and political theater, Americans are wondering if there's any real reform left in the health reform bill. Bill Moyers sits down with former insurance executive turned public health advocate Wendell Potter, who argues that all is not lost in the healthcare bill and details what he likes about the legislation. Potter, a former executive at CIGNA, is a senior fellow at the Center for Media and Democracy.


* Then, Bill Moyers speaks with single-payer advocate Marcia Angell on why she thinks the debate over reform needs a fresh look at the economics and delivery of the care promised in the bill. Angell, the first woman to serve as editor-in-chief of the NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, is a senior lecturer in the department of social medicine at Harvard Medical School.

[cutlassmama]

1. It's good that Potter has come forward and let us know about all this stuff

with the insurance companies. Most of us would have remained in the dark.

[Uncle Joe]

2. Kicked and recommended, this should be a good program.

Thanks for the headsup, cornermouse.:thumbsup:

[elocs]

3. Has there ever been a Moyer's Journal that has been a must NOT see?

Or has there ever been a time when KO was NOT on fire?

[Hell Hath No Fury]

4. Thanks forr the heads up.

K&R

[malaise]

5. Thanks

K & R