+++UPDATE: WHO IS JERRY BOWYER, THE PERSON INTERVIEWED BY NEIL CAVUTO?+++ Well, he is a Neocon, deeply embedded in the "Network" of those so called "conservatives" - and in no way has he got any qualification to talk about healthcare: tbogg.blogspot.com tbogg.blogspot.com In short: Jerry Bowyer is the chairman of Bowyer Media, a company specializing in radio and television production, print and internet publishing and economic analysis. He was also the President of the Allegheny Institute for Public Policy a few years ago (not any more!), a Pittsburgh- based conservative policy organization. This organization gets financed by the foundations of Richard Mellon Scaife, the "infamous" ultraconservative billionaire. About Richard Mellon Scaife: www.cnn.com en.wikipedia.org "Washington Post" mentioning Scaife and Jerry Bowyer in 1999: www.washingtonpost.com For the record: Jerry Bowyer denies to be financed by Scaife - see here: tbogg.blogspot.com So, that's a nice example how "independent" the guests on Fox are - and it is interesting that Jerry Bowyer gets practically no introduction by Neil Cavuto whatsoever - giving the impression that he is a competent, independent journalist or "expert" on the subject. But he is nothing more than a conservative "pundit". You will find more info about these "conservative foundations", controlling at least 1 billion $ in assets, here: mediatransparency.com Lots of examples of Jerry Bower's plain way of thinking can be found on his website: www.jerrybowyer.com Another interesting thing: If you google "Richard Scaife pharma" you come to this page: www.ispe.org (ISPE calls themselves the "largest non-for-profit society serving pharmaceutical manufacturing professionals") Richard Scaife is the Director of Business Development Quintiles Inc, a huge pharma company. I believe that this Richards Scaife mentioned there is not "Richard Mellon Scaife", the billionaire - but hey, I will eat my hat if they are not related :-) Just as an example of how the corporate world is connected in the USA, and which role Fox News plays in there as the prime "corporate mouthpiece"... ++++++++++++ MORE STUFF BY JERRY BOWYER: Interviewing Donald Rumsfeld (to Rumsfeld: "I am a great admirer"): www.defenselink.mil +++++++++++++++++++ Is this "your world"??? The universal healtcare systems in UK, Germany etc. support terrorism...? Watch out for more Fox News spin about universal healthcare - we haven't seen the end yet. "SiCKO" by Michael Moore has hit a nerve. See also the comments on: www.crooksandliars.com
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What an absolute load of crap and I say that as someone who is employed in a British hospital, I would rather have the British system of healthcare to anything that is available in the USA. As I grow older I know no matter what happens, rich or poor I will be looked after by the National Health Service and as for the bollocks about the NHS 'paying such low wages that there is a shortage of doctors' the fact is we have too many doctors and many have to go abroad to find employment, most doctors of an average size practice in the UK earn in excess of $250,000 a year and consultants in excess of $2,000,000 so maybe they would earn in excess of that somewhere else but would they really need to. Good god Fox News is a joke.