Q & A Ron Edmonds / Associated Press President Obama, shown with congressional Democrats in a Rose Garden appearance, is likely to get more directly involved in healthcare legislation later in the process. Lawmakers are considering options and costs for currently insured and uninsured Americans. By James Oliphant and Noam N. Levey July 27, 2009 [...]
Archive for July 27th, 2009
27 Jul
On a single-payer health care system.
The Truth-O-Meter Says: On a single-payer health care system. Barack Obama on Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 in public statements Obama statements on single-payer have changed a bit President Barack Obama has been prodding Congress to follow his principles on health care reform. He’s advocating the same principles he supported during the campaign: Keeping employer-provided insurance [...]
27 Jul
Bush Era Horrors Will Haunt Us Until We Truly Face Them
Alternet.org By Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com. Posted July 27, 2009. We can’t just “move forward.” We need to face who we’ve been and just how badly we’ve acted, if we care to become something better. We’ve just passed through the CIA assassination flap, already fading from the news after less than two weeks of media attention. [...]
27 Jul
Bill Moyers: Dangerous Alliance of Health Industry and Right-Wingers Will Stop at Nothing to Derail Progressive Reforms
Alternet.org By Bill Moyers and Michael Winship, AlterNet. Posted July 27, 2009. As Republicans fire away on health reform, big business is stepping up attacks too, lobbying and advertising guns blazing. Push finally came to shove in Washington this past week as the battle for health care escalated from scattered sniper fire into all-out combat. [...]
