03-09-2009, 11:53 AM
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Single Payer HC Ignored By Obama's Summit
Democracy Now! | As Obama Hosts Summit on Healthcare, Marginalized Advocates Ask Why Single Payer Is Ignored
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PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: In this effort, every voice has to be heard. Every idea must be considered. Every option must be on the table. There should be no sacred cows.
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Initially, no supporters of single payer were invited to the summit. After protests were called, the White House invited Democratic Congressman John Conyers and the president of the Physicians for a National Health Program.
AMY GOODMAN: Single-payer advocates have also been largely silenced in the media. A new study being released today by FAIR, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, found the views of advocates of single payer have only been aired five times in the hundreds of major newspaper, broadcasts and cable stories about healthcare reform over the past week. No single-payer advocate has appeared on a major TV broadcast or cable network to talk about the policy during that period.
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EDIT: Whatever your opinion may be on the HC issues, "every voice" should have been invited and heard. Certainly a fair media would be an asset too
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