SUNDAY 16 AUGUST 2009 The Brutal Truth About America’s Healthcare Saturday 15 August 2009 by: Guy Adams | Visit article original @ The Independent UK On the first day of the clinic, Remote Area Medical founder Stan Brock, left, announces the ground rules for participants. (Photo: Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) They came in their thousands, [...]
Archive for August 16th, 2009
16 Aug
Internal Memo Confirms Big Giveaways In White House Deal With Big Pharma
by Ryan Grim Global Research, August 16, 2009 huffingtonpost.com A memo obtained by the Huffington Post confirms that the White House and the pharmaceutical lobby secretly agreed to precisely the sort of wide-ranging deal that both parties have been denying over the past week. The memo, which according to a knowledgeable health care lobbyist was [...]
16 Aug
White House Appears Ready to Drop ‘Public Option’
The article below would indicate that perhaps the current administration does not have the courage of its’ convictions. I, and many like me, voted for this president because we believed that he had not only the foresight to lead us out of the proverbial wilderness, but that he also had the intestinal fortitude to do [...]
16 Aug
The Single Payer, Enhanced Medicare for All Alternative
Advantages of HR 676 & S 703 – The Single Payer, Enhanced Medicare for All Alternative Submitted by Chip on Sat, 2009-08-15 20:51. Healthcare Dale Larson, KatyAnn, and jLong over at Huffington Post compiled a list of advantages of the single-payer, enhanced Medicare for All alternative to the legislation being proposed now. What would you [...]
16 Aug
Mad as Hell Doctors” Embark on Cross Country Care-A-Van to Demand Single-Payer from Congress
“Mad as Hell Doctors” Embark on Cross Country Care-A-Van to Demand Single-Payer from Congress – Join The Movement! Submitted by Chip on Sun, 2009-08-16 08:10. Activism Healthcare Human Rights Hear practicing physicians tell why they support single-payer health care reform. Runs 40 minutes: consider it your workout time. Where’s the Care-A-Van? Follow the Docs – [...]
16 Aug
GRAY MATTERS: DON’T FEAR HEALTH CARE REFORM
August 13, 2009 by SAUL FRIEDMAN The good news for older Americans out of the health care tumult is President Barack Obama’s pledge that there will be no cuts in Medicare benefits. Indeed, indications are that Medicare will survive stronger if and when the proposed new health care program becomes law. That’s one reason the [...]
