Archive for the 'health care' Category
When Lobbyists Write Bills
OOOPS:
Reuters reports that WellPoint is under federal investigation for singling out breast cancer patients and dropping their coverage “based on either erroneous or flimsy information.” They also report that language in the House bill would have protected these women, but it was removed in the Senate version of the bill because “lobbyists for WellPoint [...]
health care aftermath
I’ve been pretty busy with work, getting my FAFSA together, and prepping the house for spring/summer, so I haven’t done a lot of blogging recently. in the wake of health insurance reform, however, I wanted to make a few observations.
Although I have some extremely serious problems with the new law, there is one clear [...]
Funny Jokes
While you consider the health care bill, with its restrictions on abortion access, I’d like you to consider the following funny jokes embedded in the Democratic Party Platform(pardon the pdf):
“We will never put ideology above women’s health.” (p. 15)
“The Democratic Party strongly and unequivocally supports Roe v. Wade and a woman’s right to choose a [...]
Classy Teabaggers Mock Guy with Parkinsons
Seriously, how fucked up and evil can you get?
Read More..>>Excellent Question
If the private insurance industry is so evil, why would you ever possibly force me to be their customer?
No one has been able to answer this question: not the President, not his defenders, not the “pass the bill now” crowd.
The real answer to our health care problem is either single payer (as they have in [...]
A Brief Conversation With Kent Conrad’s Office
“The only way this works is for the House to pass the Senate bill and then, depending on what the package is, the reconciliation provision that moves first through the House and then comes here,” said Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND). “That’s the only way that works.”
I pointed out that House leadership has repeatedly said they [...]
Let’s Not, and Say We Did
The NY Times’ Ross Douthat wants Democrats to make a deal with Republicans on health care. Here we go again.
You don’t even have to read the article to know that it’s a hopeless clutter of gibberish and magical thinking, but because I love you dammit I tried to get more than a paragraph in…
Even in [...]
A Failure of Leadership
Over at Daily Kos, some fucking hippy is arguing that defeat is a winnign strategy. No, i’m totally serious:
Geez, don’t you get it yet? The more Obama is seen extending his hand and the more the Republicans obstruct, the more likely it is that the average American out there will get the message that the [...]
Why Do You Keep Punching Yourself? Why Do You Keep Punching Yourself?
Remember that awful bull from elementary school who pulled that trik on you? He’d mash your on hand into a fist, and use it to whack away at your head, taunting you with cries of “why do yo keep punching yourself?”
It looks like the DNC hs internalized that experience:
Joe Sudbay of Americablog reported that the [...]
Some Quick Thoughts on Massachusetts
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