Schakowsky's town hall on health care is heated

Schakowsky's town hall on health care is heated

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I think that covering a town hall meeting that isn't disrupted by anti-health-care activists shouting everybody down should be posted on ATS, just for the balanced view it gives of the town hall meetings overall.

Here Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill) addresses an orderly group that represents all sides of the issue but is conducted in a mature and constructive manner.

The opponents of health care reform had their say but they didn't have to resort to belligerent and destructive tactics to get their point across.

It's also worth noting that the majority of the people who turned up tonight were in favor of reforming the present system. That's quite a different view than the one we have been accustomed to hearing.

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reply to post by Reginald

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The Care Homes for the elderly look great, if they're really as good as the brochure says. We could use those in the U.S., where if an elderly person wants to live in assisted or residential homes they have to pay a whole lot.

Their only other option is to spend down all of their financial assets and when they're broke they can get Medicare to pay for a nursing home. These nursing homes provide a bed (usually in a shared room) and medical care but are not set up for those who cannot live alone but are still too active to be in bed all day.

The old people here in the U.S. are being misled about what health care reform could look like if a good bill is passed.