DENVER, CO–Nathan’s son Thomas Wilkes was born with severe hemophilia, which puts him at risk for major internal bleeding and for which he must receive nearly $1 million in healthcare costs each year to avoid death or serious disability. Watch this important video to see how the private health insurance industry cares only about profits, NOT patients. TELL US YOUR STORY AT: www.SinglePayer.com Video by: Colette Washington & Jay Johnson
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whoops! I need factor VIII, not factor VII, factor VII deficiency is significantly more rare than factor VIII deficiency, and thus probably makes it a hell of a lot more expensive. that makes as as* of me for assuming, I need to start watching the full video before responding to it. But either way, hemophilia treatment is NOT CHEAP!!!
I have severe hemophilia, am 23 years old right NOW, and haven’t gone through 2 million dollars in healthcare in all 23 & 1/3rd years of my life. a 1 million dollars per year price for healthcare for a severe hemophiliac means to me (no offense to parents here) that they need to train their kid better, and not let him be involved (if he is) in “dangerous” sports. So no football or hockey if he is in either of those. A guide on living with hemophilia? ask me, I should be a motivational speaker.
We will get a Single Payer Health Plan when we have as many or more protestors in front of the White House as we had during the Viet Nam War, not until then. Until we learn that real change does not come from politicians but from rallys, strikes and other forms of protest, we will not move an inch. Are you ready for a million people march for Single Payer Health plan. What is your Union doing to build a nationwide strike for Single Payer Health Plan? Such actions would Single Payer NOW.
murderers, these republicans and bureaucrats, all of them. it’s unforgivable, putting profit over the lives of the people they claim to care about.
where are all the knuckle dragging republican obstructionists here? Maybe REAl stories of REAL people is something they can NOT deny???
20,000 americans die yearly because they are denied healthcare. Insurance CEO’s make money by DENYING CLAIMS not by saving lives. Why would anyone trust the greedy selfish filthy rich that live off of our premiums and by letting us die.
STOP PAY OR DIE SYSTEM
This is like modern Eugenics…the republicans are fighting to let poor and working class die off.
Under NO CIRCUMSTANCES should an insurance middleman come between a patient and his/her doctor – particularly, if the insurance middleman stands to gain from it.
To put it simply, IT’S A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
this is SOO sad! I have a chronic illness and am given top care.. I can’t imagine thinking about money when I am ill and making some of the decisions you are having to make. I have 5 dr. involved in my care and have had millions of dollars in test and treatment. The difference? I live in Canada
I HAVE SEVERE A HAEMOPHILIA
More goverment is not the answer. It will create more people wanting more hand outs. Yes the syetem now is not good but there are way to change it with out goverment stepping in to help us. This country was built by the people for the people. We can change our current system with out goverment control. The people who work for a living run this country. We need to relize that and let our voice be heard. Stand up if you do not like our system. Do let goverment tell us what we need.
Bless your heart! I am deeply touched. I wish I could help, my Nanny job ends in a week, I have no new job to go to yet and My student loans are in collections as I am not able to pay them. What can I say to you, how can we help you?
Blue Dog Max Baucus has received $2,797,381 from the health sector and $1,170,313 from the insurance sector. Ummm? Does that tell you anything? I am going to every Max video, and every health care reform video on YouTube and getting this out there! Please do write, email, fax, or call his office to make sure that he understands that we will expose him totally if he does not get on board here!
The right and big business love to squawk about beaurocrats between you and your doctor, but we have allowed CEOs to come between us and our health care for years now. Insurance companies do not want people to be sick – especially when they have to pay out. We have the only for-profit system on Earth now. This is what you get for making million-dollar bonuses for insurance company CEO’s more important than health.
Heres a rundown of money that the people who are blocking real reform in health care have received from the health care industry:
Specter ($4,02m)
Baucus ($2,8m)
McConnell ($2.7m)
When you take a look at Big Insurance, the non-presidential candidates who got biggest legalized bribes were the 7 senators tasked with the job of killing single-payer:
Nelson ($1.1m)
Baucus ($1.1m)
Lieberman ($1.03m)
Specter ($1.03m)
Schumer ( $0.98m)
McConnell ($0.93m)
Grassley ($0.88m)
I was sprayed with malithion for 7 Years and I cant get no help no doctor or lawyer to help me .I was also refused emergncey room care in 2003 nurse said state was bankrupted from illegals and walmart I had perfect credit .
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It’s not the government.. its us! We allow this to happen.
Nathan’s situation is an outrage. We are being played for chumps.
Our best interests are NEVER the concern of the health care profiteers. They are legally responsible to their stockholders.
Our best interests should ALWAYS be the concern of legislators, nevertheless, only in rare cases do legislators consider our best interests to be their fiduciary responsibility. Those honest brokers not only sponsor HR676 or S730, they actually want it passed.
i got severe haemophilia a
all those who think its disturbing it aint! your lucky you aint gotta live with it!
Health insurance CEOs are equal to a pile of dog manure, with a mixure of vomit.
People who advocate and lobby for this system have been co-opted and “bought” by the system.
There is a special suite in hell for those who sold their soul for cash made on human suffering, and those who spend millions lobbying to keep the racket in place. Enjoy eternal damnation. Maybe while you’re being tormented you can explain to your new landlord the dangers of socialized medicine and how unchecked market profiteering benefits us all. Good luck with that.
This is deeply disturbing.
– THEY do not have anestesia .
– I think CEO’s of Insurance companies should be sent to AFGANISTAN … to FEEL MUJAHEEDEN HEALTH CARE … THEY use only sharp knives …
Yes it is devastaging, americans are ripped of by the gouvernament that is alowing that to happen, just to make doctors, hospital and insurance compagny make more profits. And it is working, but people are dieing from it. It is serious that voters on next election open eyes. Who can pretend you have the best medical system if the world like Mc Cain say so?