Watch this, and then let's talk about 'world's best health care'
1:25 pm August 25, 2009, by Jay:

"Here's an exchange on CNN, in which a desperate woman tries to explain her plight to U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., at a health-care town hall meeting. Watch it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3jwhLcW_c8&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Edailykos%2Ecom%2Fstoryonly%2F2009%2F8%2F25%2F772146%2F%2DSena
Senator Tom Coburn Tells Women Crying About Her Health Care Coverage At Town Hall: "Government Is Not The Answer" - 08/24/09


"Senator Coburn, we need help," she says. "My husband has traumatic brain injury. His health insurance will not cover him to eat and drink. And what I need to know is, are you going to help him, where he can eat and drink? We left the nursing home, and they told us we were on our own."

Those words, written on the page or screen, do not convey the anguish in her voice or in her heart. The reaction from Coburn, a physician and probably the most conservative member of the U.S. Senate, is telling, as is the astute observation at the close of the segment from CNN anchor Rick Sanchez"...

Viewer's Comment (Chris)

Senator Coburn (to a big round of applause): "Government is not the solution."

He went on to recommend that neighbors need to step up and help each other. But Coburn doesn't seem to understand that in a democracy (or a republic, if you prefer), WE are the government. By asking our representatives in Washington to support health care reform and, at the very least, to provide a government insurance option–that IS neighbors helping neighbors. Helping neighbors, in part, is what government (i.e. us) is for (read the "general welfare" clause of the Constitution)."

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