THURSDAY, JULY 16, 2009 GOP Strategists Seek to Alter the Health Care Reform Debate By Stuart Rothenberg While Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) tries to work with key GOP committee members to fashion a bipartisan health care bill, Republican insiders are chewing over the results of two large mid-June surveys conducted for the Republican [...]
Archive for July 26th, 2009
26 Jul
If Only We Still Made Things Here in the USA
Campaign for America’s Future It’s The Economic Paradigm, Stupid! By Dave Johnson July 20, 2009 – 10:41am ET by OurFuture.org Staff | July 24, 2009 I am happy to announce that beginning today I will be working as a Fellow and blogger with Campaign for America’s Future. This post introduces the areas I will be [...]
26 Jul
House Health Reform Bill Produces A $6 Billion Surplus
Campaigne for America’s Futue By Monica Sanchez July 20, 2009 – 11:23am ET The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released its score of the House health care reform bill and the headlines are painting a distorted picture of the findings. For example, Congressional Quarterly’s article on the subject is titled “CBO: Health Bill Would Hike [...]
26 Jul
Call Now for Single-Payer Healthcare Vote
AfterDowningStreet.org Congressman Anthony Weiner (D., N.Y.) has introduced an amendment in the House Energy and Commerce Committee that would replace the convoluted please-the-public-and-the-insurance-companies-at-the-same-time healthcare bill with the single-payer plan found in HR 676 and backed by 86 members of Congress. The vote has been delayed beyond Wednesday, support for the measure is growing, people are [...]
26 Jul
SURVEY: 40 PERCENT OF SENIOR CITIZENS NOT TAKING PRESCRIBED MEDICINES DUE TO BUDGET CONCERNS
Almost Eight in Ten Respondents Have Also Cut Food Budget July 22, 2009 (Washington, DC) – A new survey, released today by The Senior Citizens League (TSCL), found that senior citizens are being forced to make drastic cuts to their medical and food budgets due to the recession. The survey, conducted over a three-month period [...]
26 Jul
The Health-Care Sacrifice
Washington Post What President Obama needs to tell the public about the cost of reform Sunday, July 26, 2009 PRESIDENT OBAMA sometimes presents health-care reform as a pain-free proposition, as simple as choosing the red pill over the blue — one that’s no more effective but costs twice as much. Asked at his news conference [...]
26 Jul
Never grow up
[Source Unknown] The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that lit [...]
