The focus should not be on the disastrous bills that Congress and Obama have put forth so far. McMahon was right in many regards, except that he comes up way short in not offering the best way forward for Americans which is SINGLE PAYER MEDICARE FOR ALL (H.R 676). We don't need penalties for small businesses and individuals. We don't need a parking place for the most costly to care for called the "Public Option." And we certainly don't need to subsidize the health insurance corporations already hefty profits with tax payer's hard earned money.

What we need more than anything is for local leaders to show up to this event -- the likes of Mayor Bloomberg and Bill Thompson -- to call on McMahon to lead on H.R. 676 because it is both the moral thing to do for uniform access and to save our local and national economies. Bloomberg and Thompson know how destructive the current system is and that the convoluted and complex bills like HR 3200 and Baucus's are simply barking up the wrong tree. These bogus bills will be disastrous to the goal of universal care in the long run. Now is the time to get it right.

You'll notice McMahon showed up at his last town hall meeting with a health insurance executive so he obviously supports wasteful middlemen getting in between you and your doctor. These business executives do not belong at the health care table, period.

Single Payer H.R. 676 is the only way to go:

http://healthcare.kucinich.us/petition/

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:H.R.676:

Absolutely agree:
Single Payer Medicare for All -- and leave the insurance execs home, Mike.