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GRITtv: Media Myths and Misses on Health Care
Are the media complicit in the failings of health care reform? Allison Kilkenny of Citizen Radio, Adam Green of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Diane Archer of the Campaign for America's Future, and Bob Fertik, President of Democrats.com join us to discuss the coverage, good and bad, and what it means for the fate of the public option.
Email this pageGRITtv: Oct. 29, 2009
The public option: is it dead? Is it alive? Who's going to kill it this week? These are the headlines nearly every day, but the rest of the story is rarely told.
GRITtv: Stimulus Cash Ignoring Welfare?
GRITtv: Does Pubic Option Still Have a Chance?
Congressional support for a public option is beginning to unravel. Members of the House who once said they would not vote for a bill that doesn't include a public option are now changing their tune. Bob Fertik, president of Democrats.com, and Robert Weissman, president of Public Citizen, discuss the continuing healthcare compromise.
GRITtv: A Single Payer Possibility
We've all heard the story about Medicare. That once upon a time, about 40 years ago, it was an idea that had very little support and that many said would never succeed. Well, it did, and many are saying it should serve as a model for a single payer healthcare system. With that in mind, a single payer proposal will finally be discussed on the floor of congress when members of the house reconvene in September. Dr. David Scheiner, President Obama's former physician, Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York's 9th district, Bob Fertik, founder of Democrats.com on whether single payer will ever really be on the table. Scheiner says the argument that a government run program will stand in the way of you and your doctor is a myth. Private health insurance not medicare stands in the way. The less care they give the better their profits.
