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Ted McLaughlin : Are We Moving Towards Single-Payer?
Photo by Glyn Lowe Photoworks / Flickr. Image from OtherWords.The pressures moving the U.S. closerto a single-payer health care system There will be a huge pressure to reform Medicaid — and the only way to reform it adequately is to … Continue reading
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Tagged Health Care, Health Insurance, medicaid, Medicare, Obamacare, Single Payer, Supreme Court, Ted McLaughlin, Universal Health Care
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Dr. Stephen R. Keister : Calvinism, Pride in Ignorance, and Health Care Reform
John Calvin: Some are blessed by God.Reflecting on the health care law:Flawed bill fixes some problems By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog / September 23, 2010 There has been time for reflection about the health care legislation … Continue reading
Private Health Insurance : Going the Way of the Dinosaur
CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE In the map above, the countries with universal health care are in blue. Those trying to get it are in green. Note that the United States proudly takes its place among the third-world countries of … Continue reading
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Tagged Health Insurance, Single Payer, Ted McLaughlin, Universal Health Care
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Rewind and Restart : How the Dems (Could Have) Made ‘Health Care’ Happen
(A New Years fantasy) Once more from the top: An alternative scenario for health care reform By Zoltan Zigedy / The Rag Blog / January 10, 2010 In February of 2009, with his poll numbers and public expectations exceptionally high, … Continue reading
Rewind and Restart : How the Dems (Could Have) Made ‘Health Care’ Happen
(A New Years fantasy) Once more from the top: An alternative scenario for health care reform By Zoltan Zigedy / The Rag Blog / January 10, 2010 In February of 2009, with his poll numbers and public expectations exceptionally high, … Continue reading
Doctors Want Real Health Care Reform
Cartoon from LTSaloon.orgDoctors show support for health care reform; Lobbyists, Blue Dogs and Republicans work to gut real change By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog / July 28, 2009 This past Wednesday I listened to President Obama’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Lobbyists, Obama Administration, Single Payer
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Obama Must Fight for Public Option, Real Health Care Reform
President Obama addresses the American Medical Association, June 15, 2009. Photo by Charles Rex Arbogast / AP. In some way the message must get through to the Senate Democratic leadership that they were elected to represent THE PEOPLE and were … Continue reading
Single Payer: The Republican Perspective
Thanks to Diane Stirling-Stevens / The Rag Blog
Health Care Reform : Our Last Stand
Health Care for America Now This effort, in my opinion, represents our last stand to effectively combat the forces that would deny Americans decent health care merely to increase the profits of the insurance and pharmaceutical cartels. By Dr. Stephen … Continue reading
Congressional Health Care Hearings : Pure Flim-Flam
Dr. FlimFlam’s Miracle Cream, as sold by Sen. Max Baucus and the gang. Image of Dr. Zoidberg from Futurama Wiki. These hearings are pure flim-flam and the Senate will support a ‘health care plan’ largely dictated by the insurance and … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Health Care Reform, Single Payer, Universal Health Care
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Single Payer Health Insurance: Ending a Parade of Preventable Misery
Dr. Claudia Fegan.Single-payer health insurance is way to goBy Don Terry / May 14, 2009 An army of lawyers and lobbyists is gathering along the Potomac. The upcoming battle in Washington over national health care reform is going to be … Continue reading
Health Care Profiteers : This Won’t Hurt a Bit
Graphic from ISIPS.The fight for real health care reform We are being outspent by billions of dollars by the amalgam of well heeled interest groups that will benefit financially from maintaining the status quo. By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Health Care Reform, Single Payer, Universal Health Care
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