This is from the Washington Post: “The recent attacks by Republican leaders and their ideological fellow-travelers on the effort to reform the health-care system have been so misleading, so disingenuous, that they could only spring from a cynical effort to gain partisan political advantage. By poisoning the political well, they’ve given up any pretense of […]
“Go ahead, shoot me. I like the status quo on health care in the United States. I’ve got health insurance and I don’t give a damn about the 47 million suckers who don’t. Obama and Congress must be stopped. No bill! I’m better off the way things are. I’m with that woman who wrote the […]
Both cases are distressingly telling examples of the authoritarian mentality so often found in right-wing politics — force and mob action to shut down actual discussion. It two sides of the same coin — the right in power versus the right out of power. Par for the course. (Via Authoritarian Mindset -Talking Points Memo: by […]
if you’re interested in reading more on the subject, including comparisons to other health systems around the world, here’s a good article… In his new book The Healing of America, the journalist T.R. Reid employs a clever device for surveying the world’s health systems: He takes an old shoulder injury to doctors in various countries. […]
Remember back to July of 2001, if you can. Do remember the massive $1.5 trillion dollar tax cut that President Bush signed into law? Lines up pretty nicely with the $1 trillion dollar health care plan, doesn’t it… It’s all about choices. More over at TPM — Let the Record Show
This article is essential reading if you are interested in the future of health care in this country. Our country’s health care is by far the most expensive in the world. In Washington, the aim of health-care reform is not just to extend medical coverage to everybody but also to bring costs under control. Spending […]
a young woman stopped by before dinner with a clipboard. we have many clipboard people in our neighborhood. she was from Take Action MN. I listened to her pitch, and as soon as I heard “ensure a public option”, I got out the checkbook. along with cable, internet, and cell phones, health care is the […]
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