Health Care Reform June 2009

Republicans are betting that the specter of "big government" can still unsettle voters. When Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) spoke on the chamber floor Thursday morning, his remarks sounded as if they had been pulled from an early-1990s focus group.

"Americans want reform that addresses the high cost of care and gives everyone access to quality care," McConnell said. ". . . But creating a government bureaucracy that denies, delays and rations health care is not the reform they want. They don't want the people who brought us the Department of Motor Vehicles making life-and-death decisions for them."

RZ: It seems to me that we already have a huge bureaucratic maze that denies, delays, and rations health care. It is called the private insurance industry. It is not at all clear that the government would do a worse job.
It is important that you bring this simple reality to people’s attention, to break the Republican mindset control on the American mind.
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Conservatives for Patients' Rights, last week launched a television ad warning that if the federal government becomes a player in healthcare insurance, it will erode private plans, leaving citizens with no choices about their care.

RZ: there is not much left that has not been eroded in private plans. Millions currently do not have a choice about their care because they either must avoid seeking care or go to emergency rooms. Taht is their choice because of economic realities.

Episode #20 Robert Resendes

Robert Resendes is Director of Yavapai County Community Health Services.

Episode #19 Nicholas Meyer, D.D.S

Nicholas Meyer, D.D.S, of Millenium Dental in Scottsdale, Az, is Co-founder of the Arizona Holistic Dental Association, President of the International Academy of Biological Dentistry and Medicine, and Member of the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology.

Episode #18 Alice Nixon and Tony Cocilovo

Alice Nixon is a licensed clinical social worker in private practice for over 20 years in Chicago.
Her modalities include EMDR, EFT, Sound Therapy, Vestibular Stimulation, Neurosensory Development, Strobic Colored Light Therapy and more.
Tony Cocilovo is a national speaker in color therapy and developer of the Photon Stimulator. He is an iridologist trained in Europe, and has been involved in color and light therapy for over 25 years. www.photonstimulator.com. Tony lives in Prescott, Az

Episode #17 Jill Stansbury, N.D.

Jill Stansbury, N.D. Dr. Stansbury is chair of the Department of Botanical Medicine and Professor of Botanical Medicine at The National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, Oregon. She is author of the book Herbs for Healing

Episode #16 Charles Eisenstein

Charles Eisenstein is the author of Ascent of Humanity. He speaks throughout the world at conferences addressing the future we need to create, and is a regular contributor to Reality Sandwhich. Web site: www.ascentofhumanity.com.

Episode #15 Professor Boyd Haley, PhD

Professor Boyd Haley, PhD, is Chair of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Kentucky. He is a recognized worldwide speaker and published researcher on the effects of thimerosal mercury and vaccines in autism and chronic neurological illnesses.