Democracy Now!: Friday, Nov. 6, 2009

Thirteen people have been killed and another thirty wounded at Fort Hood, Texas. The suspect, Army psychiatrist Major Nidal Malik Hasan, had reportedly complained of being harassed for being a Muslim and had tried to leave the military. We speak to Qaseem Uqdah of American Muslim Armed Forces and Veterans Affairs Council and journalist Aaron Glantz. Andy Cobb, formerly the face of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida, decides he’s had enough with the way the health insurance industry is impeding reform. And playwright Anna Deavere Smith, who has interviewed hundreds of people—doctors and patients from around the world—about their struggles with illness, pain, mortality and the healthcare system into her latest powerful solo show, "Let Me Down Easy," talks about the experience. "Democracy Now!" is a daily independent newshour.