Wendell Potter, an ex- health insurance company exec, testifies to the Senate that we heard the same undelivered promises from private industry 15 years ago. When people repeat to you talking points about socialized medicine,
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share this with them and ask them again if it is time for the public to take care of public health or if they want to continue to leave it up to Wall Street.
After a thorough scouring of the internet this week, the only rebuttals have been to call Potter a liberal by pointing out his current employment. There have been no offers of plans from the "right" to address the misplaced priorities of the health care system outlined in Potter's testimony. However, this news isn't being picked up as much as it should. These 9 pages of testimony need to get read by every voter in the U.S. who then need to get on the phones to demand solutions from every elected official in the U.S. Simple enough?
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