WASHINGTON - In de Verenigde Staten lopen de gemoederen na aanname van de nieuwe wet over de hervorming van de Amerikaanse gezondheidszorg zeer hoog op. Meerdere politici die voor de wet hebben gestemd, zijn met de dood bedreigd.
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Dat heeft de leider van de Democraten in het Huis van Afgevaardigden, Steny Hoyer, woensdag laten weten.
Volgens Hoyer hebben inmiddels tien Democratische leden van het Huis om politiebescherming gevraagd. Een van de politici die is bedreigd is Bart Stupak. Die werd zondagavond voor [URL="http://www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/article1361442.ece/Democraat_tijdens_debat_uitgescholden_voor_babymoo rdenaar"]babymoordenaar[/URL] uitgemaakt door een lid van de Republikeinse oppositie, juist op het moment dat Stupak pleitte voor een amendement dat de financiële steun voor abortussen zou beperken.
Op het kantoor van Stupak is een briefje binnengekomen met de tekst: ‘Je bent dood. We weten waar je woont. We zullen je krijgen’. Partijgenoot Louise Slaughter kreeg een telefoontje waarin haar werd meegedeeld dat sluipschutters de kinderen van ja-stemmers zullen vermoorden.
http://www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/article1362685.ece/Politici_met_dood_bedreigd_vanwege_zorgwet_VS
Het is toch te erg inderdaad dat ze iedereen een fatsoenlijke zorgverzekering willen geven. Stel je voor dat mensen gewoon geholpen kunnen worden in het ziekenhuis onafhankelijk van de inhoud van hun portemonnee! Een schande brom ik je!
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March 22nd, 2010 3:38 AM
The Great Thing About the Health Care Law That Has Passed? It Will Save Republican Lives, Too (An Open Letter to Republicans from Michael Moore)
Protesters opposed to the health care bill gather outside the U.S. Capitol March 21, 2010 in Washington, DC.
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To My Fellow Citizens, the Republicans:
Thanks to last night's vote, that child of yours who has had asthma since birth will now be covered after suffering for her first nine years as an American child with a pre-existing condition.
Thanks to last night's vote, that 23-year-old of yours who will be hit one day by a drunk driver and spend six months recovering in the hospital will now not go bankrupt because you will be able to keep him on your insurance policy.
Thanks to last night's vote, after your cancer returns for the third time -- racking up another $200,000 in costs to keep you alive -- your insurance company will have to commit a criminal act if they even think of dropping you from their rolls.
Yes, my Republican friends, even though you have opposed this health care bill, we've made sure it is going to cover you, too, in your time of need. I know you're upset right now. I know you probably think that if you did get wiped out by an illness, or thrown out of your home because of a medical bankruptcy, that you would somehow pull yourself up by your bootstraps and survive. I know that's a comforting story to tell yourself, and if John Wayne were still alive I'm sure he could make that into a movie for you.
But the reality is that these health insurance companies have only one mission: To take as much money from you as they can -- and then work like demons to deny you whatever coverage and help they can should you get sick.
So, when you find yourself suddenly broadsided by a life-threatening illness someday, perhaps you'll thank those pinko-socialist, Canadian-loving Democrats and independents for what they did Sunday evening.
If it's any consolation, the thieves who run the health insurance companies will still get to deny coverage to adults with pre-existing conditions for the next four years. They'll also get to cap an individual's annual health care reimbursements for the next four years. And if they break the pre-existing ban that was passed last night, they'll only be fined $100 a day! And, the best part? The law will require all citizens who aren't poor or old to write a check to a private insurance company. It's truly a banner day for these corporations.
So don't feel too bad. We're a long way from universal health care. Over 15 million Americans will still be uncovered -- and that means about 15,000 will still lose their lives each year because they won't be able to afford to see a doctor or get an operation. But another 30,000 will live. I hope that's ok with you.
If you don't mind, we're now going to get busy trying to improve upon this bill so that all Americans are covered and so the grubby health insurance companies will be put out of business -- because when it comes to helping the sick, no one should ever be allowed to ask the question, "How much money can we save by making this poor bastard suffer?"
Please, my Republican friends, if you can, take a quiet moment away from your AM radio and cable news network this morning and be happy for your country. We're doing better. And we're doing it for you, too.
Yours,
Michael Moore
MMFlint@aol.com
MichaelMoore.com
P.S. I'll have more to say on this tonight, live on CNN, at 9pm ET. I'll be talking with Larry King about the health care bill and where we go from here, considering we still don't have universal health care.
P.P.S. In case you missed these photos in yesterday's NY Times Sunday Magazine... That's the results of seven years of madness. The Iraq War began its 8th year this weekend. How can we remove more of those responsible for this tragedy in November?
bokitoo2
25-03-2010, 11:03
dus iemand wil dat iedereen geholpen moet worden als die ziek is. en er zijn mensen die dat niet vinden en die zijn zo boos dat ze iemand willen vermoorden???? rechtse hufters zijn evil!!!
Die doodsbedreigingen hebben te maken met abortus mensen. Er zijn mensen die denken dat die zorgwet abortus betaald .... wat er juist speciaal uitgehaald is omdat dat erg omstreden is.
Dreigement zal dus met grote mate van zekerheid komen uit de fundamentalistische anti abortus club