A Message To Republicans On Health Care (VERY powerful)

Run time: 04:14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARCt3zAVeqA   Posted on YouTube: August 20, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: August 21, 2009 By DU Member: Chichiri Views on DU: 8576

 
An op-ed video that must be seen to be believed. I would hate, absolutely hate, to get on this woman's bad side.

This needs to go viral. I love her last comment! :rofl: :toast:

awesome.

She should be a lawyer. She

rec for passion and pith.

not one boring moment!

On YouTube, in Town Halls, at the dinner table, at work, at the gym, at church (ok, my bad), in letters to the editor. We need volume. We need passion. Heartfelt thanks to this passionate young lady.

...find this totally ironic?

...the obvious, I guess I missed my mark.

what's your point?

I guess I see irony in her video post. If you don't, what can I say? Anyway, drive by post it ain't. Just new to this message board posting stuff (my son corrected me..."its not a blog, dad". Its a message board, duh!)

... or an intention?

Seriously; If you claim to have observed a quality or intention, here in the reality-based community one is expected to explain that perception if asked.

The, "Well if YOU can't see it..." cop-out is a cop-out.

What can you say?

You can explain your 'observation'. If you can't, then it likely has no merit.

I think the irony is self-apparent. I can see it clearly. You can't? Oh well. I guess irony is in the eye of the beholder.
Regarding the username, just an inside yuk between my son & me.

Then you can explain it.

Try harder buddy, you're looking like a twit.

Because technically you have to see a optician to get prescription lenses (if those are such). Technically, opticians are doctors...who work at the "Sears Eyeglass place". They don't really give you medical advice or check your health or anything remotely qualifying as what we refer to as "seeing a doctor."

I suppose he and his spawn thinks it's clever.

so she is pretty young. I believe her that she hasn't seen a doctor since becoming an adult.

I haven't seen one in years myself.

so even if she got her glasses yesterday instead of when she was under 18, its all bullshit.

Although an optometrist is technically a doctor but they still cannot prescribe you anything (like a MD).

By the cretin's above logic taking a math class taught by someone with a Doctorate in Mathematics would suffice as seeing a doctor.

...I guess one could construe those as ironic. As to my spawn, (Interesting. You've could have said "son" but chose "spawn". I think that's telling.), he only turned me on to this site to get me involved with others in the political arena. You know, to get involved, informed, yadda-yadda. This is not what I expected. I was expecting more conversation, less confrontation. But hey, I'm sure somewhere here there's something I can get into without inciting invective, so off I go. Thanks for your time.

Clearly. Now you can go. Truly this is the land of the mental midgets... Perhaps you can sit and drink lattes with the staff of Regent University now and call us all the silly liberals for not seeing the obvious irony here/

And I think from the looks of it that the level of involvement you propose includes pushing some conservative agenda as some clearly more rational and logical choice.

In such case I recommend you keep your blinders on.

Like, you know... when you claim to see a quality in something and someone asks you to explain your perspective?

Saying; 'Well, if you can't see it then there's no point', is the opposite of engaging in 'conversation'.

You're utterly transparent, out of your league, and it's been fun playing with you.

You might actually learn something about reasoned discourse if you stick around... but that's obviously not your goal here.

...doing otherwise shows a lack of honesty and integrity.

Which probably demonstrates why you're here and where you actually belong.

Thems the breaks. Thanks for the imput.

he has nothing to add to this discussion thread, that much is clear.

...oh well.

"Dieting".

How the fuck is that a hobby? Is that what freeptards think liberals do for 'fun'?

Off to new things.

just wondering.

how blatant they are?

Clearly, we are the un-evolved monkeys to his creationistically designed superior wit and level of acumen.

His perspicacity eclipses the menial level of cognition found among such pedestrian intellects as abound on DU.

I feel very humbled by his mere presence.

Only with such a sage mind as his could one foresee that explaining all to the simple bourgeois minds would be for naught.

about the nature of The Truth...

They remain silent!!

Oh my! How we have been blessed by the presence of this great spirit!

Not often but always with anchovies.

just for you.

I believe the "irony" he's referring to is a jab at her "are you mentally unstable?" comment, implying that this woman is herself mentally unstable. I don't know what else it could be. Though I'm unsure if righteous anger qualifies as "mentally unstable".

Love it or leave it - bitches!

Is this woman related to a teacher I once had?

Rate this up on YouTube - My comment:

A talent for truth and intense communication. I Sure Am Glad you're on our side. Make those piggie pukes squirm with shame and humiliation they deserve. I love your passion. Thank you.

Her passion is commendable, but I laughed out loud -- this is textbook modern "liberal" thinking. All these "Bitchy People", how many kids *should* they have?

I'm glad she hasn't seen a physician as an adult. That means she's healthy. She's probably a college student with Republicans parents she'd like to piss off.

Insurance companies don't "jack up their price" to compete, they jack up their price because they know it's paid for by anyone with a job.

Rich people aren't bitching about their mortgages, that's middle class people who are underwater. Also, poor kids' SCHIPS funding has been increased. Who disagreed with that?

If this went viral, then health care reform as we know it would die instantaneously. Talk radio would annihilate this. Get real. I understand her anger, but who isn't pissed off. I'm going to watch it again. And lol again.

This girl has backbone and logic. You may have pizza.

:hi:

Seems you are a bit lost in more ways than one.

"Also, poor kids' SCHIPS funding has been increased. Who disagreed with that?"

Apparently 32 Senate Republicans and 137 House Republicans disagreed with that.


Senate Totals
Democrats: Yea:56, Nay:0
Republicans: Yea:8, Nay:32
Independents: Yea:2, Nay:0
All Votes: Yea:66, Nay:32

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/vote.xpd?vote=s2009-31

House Totals
Democrats: Yea:249, Nay:2
Republicans: Yea:40, Nay:137
Independents: Yea:2, Nay:0
All Votes: Yea:289, Nay:139


http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll016.xml

Too much fact.

you heard nothing she said. You're claiming she must be a student with R. parents? She described how her parents had no insurance and that is why she's never been to a Dr.

You say ins. companies jack the prices bc they know it's paid for by anyone with a job... so what's your point? They jack prices bc they can. There is no regulation preventing them from doing so.

Talk radio? You mean Hate and Lies radio.

Your little missive here is a stew of ignorant nonsequiturs and baseless insult.

And you freepers wonder why rational, compassionate people hate you.

there's a tantrum taking place.

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!

this is textbook modern "liberal" thinking

Did you pass the test?

complaining about their mortgages. They too are underwater. Nothing pisses off the wealthy more than thinking they overpaid.

SCHIP funding increased on the federal level and was gutted on the state level leaving fewer poor children covered. (Thank you Arnold)

Insurance companies jacking up their prices because they know they will be paid regardless is the problem. There is no real competition.

I agree with her and I'd still sit there and say, "Yes, mam."

Been feeling that frustration for a long time too. I have health insurance and I'm *still* avoiding going to the doctor because it keeps costing me way too much. Just my out-of-pocket is more than enough - $25 for a ten minute visit to the doctor. Insane is right. She's right. The only solution is for all of us to pitch in together. Health care is a human right and should not be a commodity.

She just said what a lot of people are thinking. I hear much of the same
all the time.





:applause:

with this righteous rant is that the people bitching at healthcare town halls are not the rich.

they are moronic misinformed who want to think they are rich or will one day be rich- sort of like the losers who let the mean girls pick on them in high school, thinking that maybe one day, they would be accepted into the inner circle.

which makes those losers with medicare bitching at town halls about government even more pathetic.

not to mention that the polls showed that it's the morons from red states who are more uninsured, and more likely to believe in Death Palins, and scream about getting the govt outta their lives.

the irony never ends...

Of course they are also misinformed morons. But really, they don't want to pay more in taxes. Here's the trick to being rich. You bargain for everything. Even groceries. Stingiest people in the universe are the rich. The most generous? The poor and middle class.

My hubby worked his way through college running a window washing business. Best tips? Poor and middle class who were truly grateful for the work provided. The rich don't really value work done for them. There is an inexhaustible supply of other 'help' in their mind.

a bit too snarly for my taste although her points are correct

what? Not have your libido dampened?



:wtf:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS37SNYjg8w

Satire to us, documentary to them.

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!!

heheheheheheheehe

My own story is pretty bad as well with this whole insurance thing. I'm now without it and forced to fight my ass off above and beyond what is even safe to get my weight down and bring blood pressure and blood sugar numbers down in the face of running out of medications. I guess it's a good thing that going vegan really does help the body heal and regenerate as much as many people out there keep saying it can. It's working out for me, but I always hear the sound of a little clock going *tick*, *tick*, *tick* over my shoulder.

Doctors can't and won't save me now, so it's up to me and lifestyle. Still, if something bad happens in the meantime I'm well and truly fucked. Sure, nobody twisted my arm and made me go out of my way to turn into a food addict, but there are now millions of people out there stuck in the same boat I am with respect to that or other problems -- whether under an individual's power to change them or not. It's not right.

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I would follow her to the ends of the earth!!!

Yes!!! Every word, every emotion is spot on! Well said, Madame.

My son broke his arm on a Sunday afternoon and we took him to the emergency room. The 1 tsp of aspirin was $20 and a sling was $185. However, this is not insurance company greed, this is the hospital charging me an inflated rate b/c it has to make up the cost from what Medicare, Medicaid and the indigent don't pay.

I have no love for insurance companies, but this woman shows a shocking lack of understanding for how the current health system works.

because it sounds like you do.
Just because you didn't have the same experience that she had doesn't mean that she doesn't know what she's talking about from her own experience. Don't confuse your being upset by her tone with her not knowing what she's talking about.

like nails on a chalkboard. Also she appears to have had dental work (braces) and eyeglasses but has never been to a doctor? This smells like BS to me. We need to defeat the wingnuts and teabaggers but acting like one dosen't helip IMO.

are you lost?

Does that help?

And if you're willing to make up a story, at least do a Google search on the average cost of treating a broken arm in an ER: http://www.geocities.com/dtmcbride/services/medical.html

No, the hospital costs a lot because INSURANCE COMPANIES DON'T PAY. They approve procedures then they refuse to follow through. I've had surgeries "approved" by my insurance company, only to later have the payments refused to the tune of 15k out of my pocket. I pay $265.00 a month for insurance that require a 6k deductible and an ongoing battle over every dime of actual benefits.

What do YOU think your Holy Insurance company is actually DOING for Americans? Do you personally believe that the CEO of United healthcare's compensation of over 100k an HOUR has NOTHING to do with how much health care costs??

damn, this place has fleas.

If medicare rates gave them a moderate profit, they can not take from that system, so to raise profit all they can do is raise rates of private system. And the reason medicare has some limits on payment is so they are not charged for a $40 aspirin.

If your statement was true, then health sectors would not have been increasing profits over the last years.

So is the price because of medicare or because of profit. And remember some of that money went to pay for people to legislate for more profit without regulation in the form of lobbying.


I did not watch the video, it was to angry, passion is good, but I disagree with anger.

"Wake up white people!!! A Hyuk a Hyuk a hyuk"

than you will all year.

But you're a good corporate shill so I'm sure they'll take good care of you.

"In my adult life I have never seen a physician for any reason"

Where'd she get those eyeglasses?

Maybe they're an old pair she's had since she was a kid?

Our library has donation stations for non-perishable food and glasses to be distributed to those who need the items. Two thrift stores within 2 miles have glasses for sale. The ones I''m wearing are $9.95 WalGreen specials. My eyes haven't been checked since I was in school because eye care was never part of any insurance I was part of while employed.

Attacking the messenger doesn't kill her message.

Except for reading glasses, I would not have thought you could just buy used glasses and have much hope they would do anything for you.

Anyway I was just put off by her classism and jab at firearms. I mostly agree with her message.

Are hardly going to give you advice on your diet or check your blood presure.

youth seems far away, but not for her.

This is something that is being overlooked and should be pushed to be included in the bill.

Ever try to shop for dental coverage? I have and they all suck, basically worthless.

:dem: :dem: :dem:

I just wanted to check out what was going on over here, since some of my new subscribers had mentioned seeing my video here. Who knew it was going to become a mini-phenomenon.

To answer some questions / accusations:

1) I didn't consider my glasses to be a doctor appointment, as it happened in a store in the mall. I can see where this may be up for debate so I concede this point. I have seen an eye doctor once since coming of age. I am 26 now, in case you were wondering.

2) I have never worn braces, that was just my genetic luck, I suppose. Thanks for noticing my naturally straight teeth, though (^.^)

3) My parents are also "crazy liberals" just like me. Though, if you knew me outside this video you wouldn't see me as particularly crazy. I just get worked up some times and I need to vent it out into the void. It just so happened that someone was watching.

Sadly, I've already forgotten the other assumptions that were made about me. If you want to ask any other questions, I'll check back and try to answer them to the best of my ability.

**One Last Thing**

Something no one seems to notice is that I never say what I actually support or want, just what I hate hearing about. My only point in this video is that the Town Hall Meetings are completely ridiculous because the people who go there don't seem to discus anything that is actually in the bill. All they talk about is how they don't want socialism, they have the right to carry a gun, and they want the government to keep its grubby hands off their Medicare. It was all just way too ridiculous and I lost it. I have a bit of a temper on me, I'll admit, but I think passion is a virtue, not a vice.

I understand that it is a "cultural thing" and that many people see yelling as anger and don't like it. For me, it's just another form of expression. I respect if you don't like seeing me glare at you for 4 minutes. To be fair, I never thought so many people would be watching.

even the freep tards couldn't rebut you.

Feel free to yell here anytime you want. :hi:

Passionate women wielding righteous anger doesn't scare me, what you said could have come from any one of my aunts.

Saw the youtube comments you received, and thought, "Sweet David Koresh! The crazies really come out on youtube!" Hypocrisy/ignorance/sexism was heavily on display, yet you handled it with such a witty humorous tone, I applaud you.

She's got it 100% right! She hits the right tone for me. It's time for some anger!

Superb.

just plain AWESOME! YOU GO GIRL!

:kick:

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