Posted August 14, 2009 4:15 PM by Mark Silva President Barack Obama, who headed West today for a weekend with his family at the grandest national parks and a pair of “town-hall”-styled meetings on health-care reform along the way, suggested that the health-care initiative is “80 percent” there in Congress. It’s “the other 20 percent” [...]
Archive for August 15th, 2009
15 Aug
Obama: Be not afraid of health reform
Posted August 15, 2009 10:34 AM by Andrew Zajac Don’t let the venom and bad manners in some of the town hall meetings on health care distract you from the real issues involving the availability and affordability of medical insurance, President Obama told listeners this morning in his weekly radio address. Obama downplayed the ferocity [...]
15 Aug
No Matter What Lies the Right Wing Screams, the Brits Love Their Health Care System
By Denis Campbell, The Guardian. Posted August 13, 2009. Republicans and right-wing pundits in the US have tried to scare us about Britain’s public health system — because it works. The claim Ted Kennedy, 77, would not be treated for his brain tumor if he was in Britain because he is too old – Charles [...]
15 Aug
Lou Dobbs Tours Single-Payer Systems Abroad and Realizes, Holy Crap They’re Good
By Leslie Savan, The Nation. Posted August 15, 2009. Has CNN’s government-out-of-my-face bloviator actually had a change of heart when it comes to Obama’s health plan? Lou Dobbs is a strange man. One day he’s railing against “Obamacare,” stoking the birther and deather paranoia that an illegitimate president’s health care plan will mandate euthanasia. Next [...]
15 Aug
Opening the “Front Door” of a Reformed Health Care System
Center for American Progress Action Fund | Progressive Ideas for a Strong, Just, and Free America Six Lessons from Medicaid on Promoting Participation in Health Coverage SOURCE: AP/Rich Pedroncelli Doctor Chris Taylor examines the ear of Medi-Cal patient Richardo Alvarez, 5, at the Las Palmas Health Clinic in Sacramento, California. By Victoria Wachino, Karen Davenport | [...]
15 Aug
From the White House
Dear Friend, This is probably one of the longest emails I’ve ever sent, but it could be the most important. Across the country we are seeing vigorous debate about health insurance reform. Unfortunately, some of the old tactics we know so well are back — even the viral emails that fly unchecked and under the [...]
