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My hat is off to Wendall Potter. Potter places the responsibility for our nation's healthcare woes where it clearly belongs: the healthcare insurance monopolies.

Congress, and the White House refuse to acknowledge what most of us already know: the gross injustices in our healthcare is due to corporate greed! 18,000-22,000 Americans die annually because the HMOs reject needed treatment or because the victims cannot pay for needed services!

Given these facts one can only wonder why our president and Congress cannot bring themselves up to calling a spade a spade? Given these facts why are they allowing the HMOs and other corporate interests continued control or even participation in our healthcare??

The fact is our elected officials are as useless and untrustworthy as any enemy real or imagined. They respond only to huge campaign contributions and our needs are quickly ignored! The rest of the world should bring our government up on mass violation of human rights before the United Nations! The fact that our elected officials can be so easily bought off should be a known fact to the rest of the world! HEALTHCARE IS A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT, NOT A PRIVILEGE OR COMMODITY!