Showing posts with label Health Care. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Health Care. Show all posts

Monday, September 24, 2007

Healthcare Surrender Monkeys

Ever since reading Nickel and Dimed I've been a Barbara Ehrenreich fan. One more reason why:

Bow your heads and raise the white flags. After facing down the Third Reich, the Japanese Empire, the USSR, Manuel Noriega and Saddam Hussein, the United States has met an enemy it dares not confront—the American private health insurance industry. With the courageous exception of Dennis Kucinich, the Democratic candidates have all rolled out health "reform" plans that represent total, Chamberlain-like, appeasement.
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She puts into words exactly what I'm feeling. After hearing Clinton's health care plan I thought the Republicans couldn't have put together anything more favorable to corporate America. With Democrats like this, who needs Republicans?

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Monday, July 23, 2007

U.S. Healthcare

Perspectives has a good comparison of U.S. healthcare with other countries. I'm bookmarking it.

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Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Help Stop Drive-Through Mastectomies

Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Jewel delivered more than 12 million petition signatures to Capitol Hill, urging Congress to pass the bipartisan Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2005 (S 910/HR1849). The bill would allow a woman and her doctor to decide whether she should recuperate for at least 48 hours in the hospital or whether she has enough support to get quality care at home following this emotionally and physically difficult surgery. The bill was reintroduced in 2007 with the support of 14 million signatures from Lifetime's online petition.
Sign the petition here.

This bill was originally introduced in 1997. It never even made it to the Senate floor for a vote. Shows how important women's health is in this country.

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