Video : Elizabeth Edwards on Healthcare Reform Opponents ‘They Are Trying to Scare You’
On her show tonight, Rachel Maddow played a video montage of several Democratic leaders throughout the years giving impassioned speeches about the desperate need for Healthcare reform in the United States of America.
After the montage, Maddow welcomed Elizabeth Edwards who spoke about the pertinence of healthcare reform in the United States and the wholly Republican tactics trying to change the dialogue as a matter of politics, rather than in favor of the best interest of the American public:
“Sixty two percent of bankruptcies being caused by medical costs, fifty percent of home foreclosures. Maybe it’s not a rush for those men in suits and those were entirely men and it has been largely men that have been suggesting that we delay…Let me say to the American public, and I really think this is important. If you hear somebody saying ‘we can‘t afford healthcare reform because,’ if they use any of these words: ‘socialization‘ or ‘government control of your healthcare decisions‘ or if they mention England, France or Canada you can be assured that they are not telling you the truth. They are trying to scare you away from a plan that can make a real difference not just in American families but in the American economy as a whole. “