John Pilger Calls UK National Health Service a Treasure, Blasts US Lawmakers for Being "in Bed with Powerful Interests"

by via Democracy Now

Thu, Jul 2, 2009 8:31AM

Thursday, July 2, 2009 :We play an excerpt of an extended interview with Australian investigative journalist, John Pilger. Speaking about the US healthcare system, Pilger says, "What is it about US legislators that they appear to be so in bed with such powerful interests such as the insurance companies, that they can't represent their own people's needs, their own people's basic human rights."

John Pilger is speaking Saturday, July 4th at the Socialism 2009 conference being held at the Women’s building in San Francisco.

John Pilger, investigative journalist. He is speaking Saturday, July 4th, at the Socialism 2009 conference being held at the Women’s Building in San Francisco.