From: William Hughes On June 19, 2008, I interviewed Derek Cooper at a protest action in Baltimore City relating to the ongoing health care crisis in this country. Mr. Cooper is 34 years old and suffers from a “chronic disease.” He has no health insurance and his current medical debts exceed $36,000. Maryland’s Health Insurance officials have “refused” to help him. Mr. Cooper says that they figure: “I should just die!” The governor of Maryland is Martin O’Malley. Mr. Cooper lives in Montgomery County. He added: “What these people [the insurance companies] are doing is criminal. It cost peoples’ lives.” For background on the protest action and the health care crisis, please see:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPsoJJ2bpRs and
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2299688328558349429 and
http://www.mdsinglepayer.org/ and http://www.healthcare-now.org/june19.html and
http://www.guaranteedhealthcare.org To understand how tremendous this injustice is watch Sicko - The Full Documentary - A must see for all Americans. The American government has spent trillions of dollars on a senseless war based entirely on lies while telling the American people there isn't any money for healthcare or education.
