I came across this clip from a New Jersey news program that was covering a town hall meeting. This little clip personifies what is happening to what should really be going on, a real dialog about health care. But both sides are so mad and filled with misinformation that all they can do is try to scream louder than the other person. This could be the only time in our lives that we have a chance to do something about our health care system and we are letting it slip away because we are just not listening.
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As someone who is forced to have this conversation on what is probably a bi-weekly basis with family and co-workers, I have to admit, I'm getting a little worn out. I like to think of myself as a pragmatist, but I think I may be alone in that at the moment. The atmosphere is charged, everybody's got bloodshot eyes. It's becoming harder to not just shrug and walk away when people in my neck of the woods start talking about death panels, socialism, guns, and the end of America. There's only so much a person can do.
I kind of feel the same way. There is nothing you can say to people to disprove the lies.I mean it just keeps getting crazier. I alway, falsely think, that people are smarter then then they really are. There is so much hate that it clouds the truth. It really sadden me. People in Maine are pretty good about wanting health care options.There is a large poplulation of lower income families that can't aford any health insurance at all, so they are looking for some alternative.
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