Rally against health care reform

Title: Rally against health care reform

Published: Sat, 17 Oct 2009

Description: (NECN: John Moroney, Boston, Mass.) - The nationwide "tea party" movement came to Boston Common on Saturday, as people upset with government spending turned their focus to health care. The rally came as President Barack Obama once aga...

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" I tea party movement came to Boston Common today people -- upset with the government spending -- their focus to health care this afternoon. The rally came as President Obama once again used his web address to push reform. NEC and John Brody joins us from Boston with mark John."

" Boston is where the revolution started changing the course of the nation and history. A group of about a hundred protesters gathered on the com this afternoon. Hoping to do the same thing when it comes to healthcare. But -- people who are. They're fighting mad angry over the push to reform health care and fearing the worst if the president and Democrats are successful. I'm really at all costs to having my government control are health care the current rash. Yeah apparently I really need -- the Boston Common played host Saturday to another tea party rally. This group of conservative activists as health care reform is not working in Massachusetts. And would be a disaster for the rest of the country would argue that one. While a lot of the problems that we're facing and -- are the result of government intervention let's beat you today. We are closer to reforming the health care system that we had ever been in history. In his weekly address the president spoke about health care -- senate committee endorsed an 829. Billion dollar reform plan Tuesday. Senator Olympia Snowe of Maine was the only Republican to vote for the democratic proposal. Just this week the Senate Finance Committee approved a reform proposal that has both democratic and Republican support. It's that bipartisan they have -- I Republican has been trying left forever -- Detroit's I'm. It's not really gonna tell it securely out of -- concept document they couldn't even. He gets specific silo -- These so called tea party patriots are not only upset about healthcare but they're worried about out of control government spending. Part of their frustration is directed at the news media which they say have become lap dogs instead of watchdogs."

" the media has been in the tank for Obama since the beginning so anything on unless they're winning a positive spin on it."

" Now there are five builds on Capitol Hill dealing with health -- the one that passed the Senate Finance Committee earlier this week -- will now be merged with another senate bill that includes a controversial and so called. Public option."

" Thanks John -- reporting from Boston thank you."

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