WLBT 3 - Jackson, MS: Hundreds attend Tea Party healthcare forum

Hundreds attend Tea Party healthcare forum

By Roslyn Anderson - bio | email

BRANDON, MS (WLBT) – Following the U.S. House's narrow passage of the hotly debated healthcare bill, the Mississippi Tea Party gathered Sunday in Brandon.

 More than 500 people listened as area doctors spoke out against the bill's passage and the Obama administration during a health care forum.

 It was held at the Rankin County Pavilion.

 The physicians said the plan will diminish the level of medical care and add to the deficit.

 Third district Congressman Gregg Harper and Lt. Governor Phil Bryant attended the event.

"If the problem was taking care of perhaps as the president said 30 million people who didn't have insurance coverage well why wouldn't we just attack the 30 million people? Instead we're taking over the entire healthcare system," said Harper.

 "These citizens are angry and frustrated. They feel like they lost their voice. They're trying to send their message to the White House and congress. So we're here today of like minds saying we're not going away and we don't believe in this health care bill, and we're gonna stand up against it," said Bryant.

 The U.S. Senate is currently working on its version of the healthcare bill.

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