Pro-Reformers Protest Outside Blue Cross Blue Shield

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CHAPEL HILL (WTVD) -- Protestors took insurance giant Blue Cross Blue Shield to task Thursday for its outspoken opposition to some of the health care proposals coming from President Barack Obama.

A group showed up at the company's Chapel Hill headquarters to voice their anger.

One of them was Rhonda Robinson. She's out of work and can't find affordable insurance because of a pre-existing condition.

"I have epilepsy. I have hypertension due to the stroke, so I didn't qualify," she explained.

Many say Robinson's case is a prime example of what's wrong with health care in America. We spend more as a country than any other western nation on medical services, but millions fall through the cracks or end up in emergency rooms leaving other taxpayers to cover their expenses.

"Insurance companies are not in the business of providing meaningful health for citizens," offered John Parker with the group HealthCarewithHeart. "They're in the business of making money. They're in the business of profits."

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http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=6975124

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/18/reform-supporters-outnumb_n_262425.html


At long last those who want reform are finally starting to talk up. For too long they have been sitting on their fat asses passively kissing up to the far right when they should have fought for reform.

Let's hope it's not too late.

Taking it to the streets indeed.