THIS IS WHY WE NEED A NATIONAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
The Hartmann Report
Thom Hartmann
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🗓️ 29 February 2020
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
As the corona virus continues its spread, it becomes increasingly clear that America's lack of a national health care system is itself a national health crisis, and a national security crisis, too. But instead of protecting us Republicans are still trying to blow up Obamacare.
Thom interviews Wendell Potter, advocate for Medicare for All. Author Laurie Garrett on "What can we do to get ready for a likely pandemic given the incompetence of our national leadership?"
Plus, Thom reads from 'Health Justice Now' by Timothy Faust.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Tom Hartman program. |
| 0:17.0 | So what is Donald Trump doing today? |
| 0:20.0 | You know, I mean after all he's supposed to be in charge of all this stuff. |
| 0:22.8 | Mike Pence is flying to Florida for a $25,000 play fundraiser. |
| 0:26.4 | Donald Trump is going to North Carolina to hold one of his Hitler rallies. |
| 0:29.2 | It's, it just doesn't it's so weird |
| 0:37.2 | Congressman John Garamendi this is from the hill |
| 0:40.7 | dot com congressman john gerry mendy written by Joe Concha, on Friday said that the Director of the National |
| 0:46.4 | Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, that would be Anthony Fauchy, I believe, was |
| 0:51.0 | told to, quote, stand down down end quote and not appear on five |
| 0:54.5 | Sunday morning talk shows to discuss the coronaviruses. |
| 0:58.0 | Germini told MSNBC's holly Jackson that Anthony Fauchy, yep sure enough, was scheduled to do all five major |
| 1:04.2 | Sunday talk shows but it says Fauchy canceled the appearance after Vice President |
| 1:08.9 | Pence took over the administration's response to the disease. I can repeat what he said. I was not muzzled however I |
| 1:15.4 | was to go on the Sunday shows, talk shows, five of them, the Vice President's |
| 1:18.9 | office took over control of the situation and told me to stand down and not do those shows. You can draw your own |
| 1:24.5 | conclusions whether he's muzzled or not, says Congressman Gerimendi. |
| 1:28.0 | Yeah, you think? Jeff Teedrich is tweeting about this. |
| 1:32.7 | He's just, he's so, he's so creative this guy. |
| 1:35.0 | He says, your pandemic crisis team, a demented game show host, that would be Trump, |
| 1:39.8 | a vice president who caused an HIV epidemic in his home state that would |
| 1:43.7 | be pence a day drunk economic advisor that's cuddlo the already overburdened |
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