Great Drive Time Radio By Allan Loudell Tonight
What I heard on WDEL tonight was awesome. First, Loudell used the clip of Tom Carper being asked about his millions in contributions from insurance companies and his lying response that he has not received millions. (Pssst…note to News Journal, catching Carper in such a brazen lie might make a good news story.)
Then he had on a Canadian journalists who utterly demolished the Republicans criticism of President Obama’s health care reform.
The whole show should be put up as a pod cast, although with I have one quibble. Loudell still feels the need to take the Republican side even when their arguments are brazen lies. He continues to cling to the “he said/she said” set up as a security blanket.
Carper will always speak what he thinks he can get away with.
On the Canadian system, listen to the head Doctor not a government hack.
Overhauling health-care system tops agenda at annual meeting of Canada’s doctors
By Jennifer Graham (CP) – 4 days ago
SASKATOON — The incoming president of the Canadian Medical Association says this country’s health-care system is sick and doctors need to develop a plan to cure it.
Dr. Anne Doig says patients are getting less than optimal care and she adds that physicians from across the country – who will gather in Saskatoon on Sunday for their annual meeting – recognize that changes must be made.
“We all agree that the system is imploding, we all agree that things are more precarious than perhaps Canadians realize,” Doing said in an interview with The Canadian Press.
“We know that there must be change,” she said. “We’re all running flat out, we’re all just trying to stay ahead of the immediate day-to-day demands.”
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jbjzPEY0Y3bvRD335rGu_Z3KXoQw
Mike Protack
Carper lied from the Ins Co. He said he got NONE
Insurance
$225,460
$42,820
$182,640
The rest, all on his website
Top 5 Contributors, 2005-2010, Campaign Cmte
Contributor
Total
Indivs
PACs
Citigroup Inc
$55,300
$48,300
$7,000
Norfolk Southern
$42,260
$34,000
$8,260
JPMorgan Chase & Co
$38,668
$36,168
$2,500
Bank of America
$29,330
$20,750
$8,580
DuPont Co
$26,850
$10,250
$16,600
Top 5 Industries, 2005-2010, Campaign Cmte
Industry
Total
Indivs
PACs
Lawyers/Law Firms
$301,332
$219,600
$81,732
Insurance
$225,460
$42,820
$182,640
Commercial Banks
$205,079
$125,269
$79,810
Securities & Investment
$199,392
$101,614
$97,778
Real Estate
$156,780
$91,350
$65,430
Credit given where credit is due, Jason. That said, if Carper is supporting “health insurance reform” does that mean the public option is dead, recissions will continue to be approved practice, and pre-existing conditions will continue to disqualify?
According to opensecrets.org, insurance and pharma are among the top 5 contributors to Carper in the period 2005-10. I am still waiting for a reply from the senator about his lack of town halls. The last solo town hall I could find on his own web site was from April 2004.
2004…thats about when he turned……..now he would not dare to come out. Wrong on Every Issue.
When I said to Carpers FACE on WDEL he had taken millions…he denied it. See what a freakin lying corporatist, militarist neo con he is. Run Jan Ting. Carper is not supporting reform, he said, he supports CO-OP’s. Everyone started went bankrupt. The one co-op Carper mentioned Puget Sound, is unregulated, untested, and unlicensed, obviously the carpetbagger didnt have any facts.
Protack: do a little google: “Canadians consider for profit’s”..not!
The word profit is nowhere in the below statement.
Overhauling health-care system tops agenda at annual meeting of Canada’s doctors
By Jennifer Graham (CP) – 4 days ago
SASKATOON — The incoming president of the Canadian Medical Association says this country’s health-care system is sick and doctors need to develop a plan to cure it.
Dr. Anne Doig says patients are getting less than optimal care and she adds that physicians from across the country – who will gather in Saskatoon on Sunday for their annual meeting – recognize that changes must be made.
“We all agree that the system is imploding, we all agree that things are more precarious than perhaps Canadians realize,” Doing said in an interview with The Canadian Press.
“We know that there must be change,” she said. “We’re all running flat out, we’re all just trying to stay ahead of the immediate day-to-day demands.”
Mike Protack
anyone get the audio of that?