PBS Video Need to Know

What a shame.

You can slide the scale based on the different estimates. I believe it is the worse possible scenario considering how far the oil is flowing and the reported plumes underneath.

I do support a change in our health care system.  If we want to have a successful universal health care change, the US must identify the true issues in our system before it is able to fix it.  Simply declaring everyone gets health insurance is not enough.  So what are the problems that cause our health care system to fail?

The government has to take out the profit out of the health insurance companies and drug companies.  That is what needs to be done.  The Obama administration as well as the House and the Senate are being financially influenced by health insurance and drug companies’ lobbyists to make decisions that benefit their companies instead of the American people.  That’s it!  That is the problem.  This whole idea to spend trillions of dollars is shocking because I know most of the money will fund the profits of the health insurance and drug companies.

Watch this video and become educated in the truths of health insurance.  This is a PBS documentary unlike the Sicko movie made for a profit.  This is very objective and put together very well.  Both movies arrive at the same conclusion.  The problems lie in our health insurance and drug companies making a PROFIT from sick people.

I must warn you that this particular video is based on real lives and the stories are both sad and depressing.  Hopefully, when you are finished watching, you will realize how lucky you are.  I know I am blessed and am grateful for everything.

As the U.S. unemployment rate hits a 25-year high and the Dow Jones Industrial Average hits a six-year low, award-winning FRONTLINE producer Ofra Bikel chronicles the recession’s impact on one unlikely American neighborhood — New York’s Upper East Side.

In Close to Home, Bikel sets up her cameras in the hair salon she’s patronized for 20 years. It’s an intimate space where she has come to know well the surprisingly diverse clientele — from athletic trainers and housewives to high-end bankers, actors and opera singers. Despite expectations that this neighborhood is a secure bastion of privilege, these days, when clients get in the chair, they offer a window into the country in recession: Some are broke, others don’t have a plan, and they’re all looking to commiserate.

Deborah Boles, the owner and sole hairdresser at Deborah Hair Designs, started the business in 1985. “I wanted a place where people can go and they can feel comfortable,” she says. “They know they belong here.” But it’s all on the line with the current downturn — clients come less often; some skip coloring or skip the trim — and as Deborah watches neighboring businesses go under, she wonders how long she can survive.

Barbara, Deborah’s sister, helps out at the salon, but she has been struggling with her own economic crisis. After buying a home in Florida at the height of the market, she now has a subprime mortgage that she can no longer afford. Unable to pay the exorbitant interest, she has had to take in four tenants, each with their own stories of foreclosure and unemployment.