Posted by PUPPETGOV on Sep 14th, 2009 By Daniel Tencer~Raw Story Insurers’ delays are ‘almost … like murder,’ Sutton said The woman whose life inspired the 1979 film Norma Rae has died of cancer after struggling with her health insurance company, which had delayed her treatment. Crystal Lee Sutton was 68. She had struggled for [...]
Archive for September 15th, 2009
15 Sep
Doctors on Coverage — Physicians’ Views on a New Public Insurance Option and Medicare Expansion
The NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL of MEDICINE Posted by NEJM • September 14th, 2009 Salomeh Keyhani, M.D., M.P.H., and Alex Federman, M.D., M.P.H. In the past few months, a key point of contention in the health care reform debate has been whether a public health insurance option should be included in the final legislation. Although polls [...]
15 Sep
It’s Simple: Medicare for All
By George S. McGovern Sunday, September 13, 2009 For many years, a handful of American political leaders — including the late senator Ted Kennedy and now President Obama — have been trying to gain passage of comprehensive health care for all Americans. As far back as President Harry S. Truman, they have urged Congress to [...]
15 Sep
Tea-baggers Are A Riot
opednews.com September 15, 2009 By Jerry West It has been a riot watching the Tea-baggers on the news, and reading stories about them. Tea-baggers, those are the people showing up at the so called tea parties all over the US. They remind me of the Brown Shirts and other manipulated fools in history who got [...]
15 Sep
To President Obama Regarding His Speech on Health Care Assurance
September 15, 2009 at 00:10:44 By Mary Bell Lockhart opednews.com For OpEdNews: Mary Bell Lockhart – Writer President Obama Your speech was excellent! And, you have my full support for reform as long as it is real reform, not reform in name only. I’ll just focus here on my suggested improvements. You talked about the [...]
15 Sep
Bernanke: Recession is over, but tough times will linger
By Kevin G. Hall | McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON — The deep recession that’s gripped the U.S. economy by the throat since December 2007 is “very likely over at this point,” Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday. However, Bernanke painted a picture of an underperforming economy well into next year as he fielded questions after [...]
15 Sep
Another Poll: Support for War in Afghanistan Continues to Crater
Campaign: Rethink Afghanistan Posted by Derrick Crowe on September 15th, 2009 Note: Derrick Crowe is the Afghanistan blog fellow for Brave New Foundation / The Seminal. You can learn more about the dangers posed to U.S. national security by the war in Afghanistan by watching Rethink Afghanistan (Part Six): Security, or by visiting http://rethinkafghanistan.com/blog. A [...]
15 Sep
Obama to Appear on 5 Sunday Talk Shows This Weekend
By Anne E. Kornblut President Obama will appear on five Sunday talk shows this weekend, a senior administration official said Monday, becoming the first president to do so as he attempts to maintain momentum for his health care overhaul. In making the rounds — appearing on NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN and Univision back-to-back — Obama [...]
15 Sep
US Healthcare #37 — Are You Happy With This Ranking???
Singer is pretty much right that U.S. ranks 37th By Louis Jacobson Published on Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 at 10:21 a.m. The U.S. ranks 37th in the world for health care. Paul Hipp, Wednesday, September 9th, 2009. Ruling: Mostly True | Details In a music video, Paul Hipp says the U.S. ranks 37th in the [...]
15 Sep
Joe Wilson’s Red Herring
thinkprogress.org IMMIGRATION Joe Wilson’s Red Herring Rep. Joe Wilson’s (R-SC) outburst during President Obama’s speech before a joint session of Congress last week signaled the resurgence of the Republican Party’s preferred tactic du jour: the immigration wedge strategy. Since then, members of the GOP have escalated efforts to “drum up a false debate” over health care [...]
