Here's what I'm mad about:

- 1 out of 6 of my fellow Americans are uninsured

- health care rationing at the hands of insurance bureaucrats whose only incentives are to deny care

- every version of health care bills presently before Congress (with the exception of HR676) minimizes or excludes a public option, and those that include it have an extremely watered-down version, that won't begin to take effect for years; and even that is too much for our lawmakers, who are seeking to ensure that the public option cannot charge less than the private options

- every other modern, industrialized nation has figured out how to provide health care for all of their citizens, at less cost and with better outcomes than ours

- single payer advocates have routinely been denied their place at the policy table

- I am furious that our party won both Congress and the Presidency, and yet they still kowtow to the insurance companies. Which just shows how thoroughly our political system has been corrupted by $$$$$.

- I am really, really furious that there are not more voices out there promoting the single payer option. It is wonderful that there is a physician's group who are speaking out. But where are the small business owners, who would benefit so greatly? Where are the manufacturing companies who would have a shot at becoming competitive if they could shed the burden of health care costs (like all of their competitors worldwide)? Where are the private citizens who are tired of fighting their insurance companies, who would like to change jobs but can't because of a pre-existing condition, or who cannot get insurance at all? There are so many who would benefit from universal single payer health care, it is mind boggling that we aren't all out in the streets demanding it.

Although I myself have excellent insurance coverage through my employer, I want universal single payer health care for all. I don't want any garbage bill that says the government can't bargain for better prices. And I really, really don't want some garbage bill that stipulates mandatory insurance for all -- another way to create more divisions between us, as those who do not avail themselves of the mandated insurance will be viewed as "scofflaws", and they will have to deal with being fined, etc.

As a matter of public health, not to mention morality, it only makes sense to ensure proper health care for all. As a matter of fiscally conservative policy, I want a health care system that delivers the best care for the least cost. As a matter of practicality, I want a system that is simple to administer. Universal, single payer health care addresses all of these concerns.

And about those stories about what might happen under a reformed health care system: we already have horror stories by the millions, and yet these seem to pale before the health care industry's propaganda onslaught of all the awful things that "could" happen under health care reform. Dammit people, get a grip: these are EXACTLY the AWFUL things that are happening RIGHT NOW under our current inefficient and immoral system!

Okay, long enough.