Doctors Fighting for Real Health Care Reform

Over on DKos there's a diary that I thought needed more exposure, so I'm linking to it here so 1 or 2 more people will see it :) When you start seeing all the BS ads about how public health care will make your life so bad, ask yourself why these 8 doctors were willing to get arrested in an effort to keep the publicly funded option on the table...

On May 5, eight health care advocates, including myself and two other physicians, stood up to Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and the Senate Finance Committee during a "public roundtable discussion" with a simple question: Will you allow an advocate for a single-payer national health plan to have a seat at the table?

The answer was a loud, "Get more police!" And we were arrested and hauled off to jail.

The fact that a national health insurance program is supported by the majority of the public, doctors and nurses apparently means nothing to Sen. Baucus. The fact that thousands of people in America are dying every year because they can’t get health care means nothing. The fact that over 1 million Americans go into bankruptcy every year due to medical debt — even though most of them had insurance when they got sick — means nothing.