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Published: Tue, 8 Sep 2009
Description: Actress Fran Drescher argues in favor of nationalized health care
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" Now the debate over government run health care has without question been the biggest story in the summer and I recently sat down with actress and activist -- and pressure."
" To get her thoughts on the democrats' health care plan got pretty lively take a look."
" Welcome back time. I. Yeah. But we've gotten great reaction when you've been on people told me they're shocked at your knowledge of other issues that we don't want you really love."
" Your -- about politics and issues yes I totally am in totally committed -- economic as a survivor I know. And I turned them upside down and I've made this my life mission he. And I'm trying to. Flip health care in this country from back and to front -- which ultimately is far more economical on the taxpayers. And yellow and nobody knows and has a clue --"
" In the friend then what does that mean he'd meet -- government run."
" I've known not at all I mean take the opposite primarily run promotes back and health care because its more profitable. By all countries that have some kind of nationalized health care. Promotes. Early detection. And -- not screaming because it's cheaper or -- no I'm not dreaming I know this for a fact people. Still listens -- looking for ratings I'm telling you that your honor them."
" I happened for example. 70% -- just to the study New Zealand Australia. Canada Great Britain France Germany they have socialized medicine. And you know what 70%. Of the people of those countries surveyed. Want this system dismantled and started over because of rationing because of inferior care because of of the lack of."
" I just I have to say that the numbers you are indisputable. When you have a profit driven and profit is that a bad thing pool with. And that's eight eight a public owned company. You are not going and you know let's say. We're talking about how much insurance companies. You're not going to get them on the side of the patient or as I like to call them medical consumer. They have on all of this two. Very from their share of."
" Others he know that in Great Britain socialized medicine. They have a government rationing body. And you know what they were isolated they denied women with -- advanced breast cancer the medicine they need. Those women were given a death sentence they have another story about how women are given."
" Birth."
" In the bathrooms -- hospitals and the lobbies that they don't have enough bedside."
" It's why is he another don't know if more yeah it is yeah and I have failed you don't have to give up your private insurance hello. You don't have to but the fact is that we spend an exorbitant amount of money. -- taking care of people that don't have health insurance and then why did he overhaul leaves the question why -- people from all these socialized countries."
" Flocking to America when they have this wonderful free care that your bragging about why did they wanna come here. Instead of their own country you know I."
" If that's -- Farrah Fawcett went to Germany when she was looking for -- Some kind of new technology -- don't believe everything you really none other -- coming up here but it isn't getting treated right away get over how long lines don't have rationing. And I don't have health insurance. "
" There's not a single person in this country that will cannot be treated because their inability to pay that's fact number one issue number two that's yeah. I don't understand about and you are not here are elite liberal. You know I'm not view are very concerned about says he I -- why -- Conservative -- totally and you are not the -- Obliquely I. And yes but here's what I wanted to understand from you but as -- big government liberal. Because I sort of think you are here's what we have I wanna go back to what I said earlier. The the post offices bankrupt Social Security is bankrupt government run. Medicare is bankrupt Medicaid's bankrupt the government's bankrupt here's my."
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