Call them all "NERO." Fiddling while their constituents burn

Congratulations are in order to NY Times writer Robert Pear for perfectly illustrating the sickening reality of health care in America with his story of the elevator operator in the US Senate.

The senators are gabbing on about nothing and achieving nothing new, while 45 million citizens remain uninsured. Whenever real health insurance is discussed, the bugaboo words come out - "socialism," "communism,"...

Meanwhile the kid who runs their elevator is, ,like many of his fellow citizens, facing financial catastrophe because of an enormous medical bill.

Read the whole story : This is journalism at its best.