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The REAL Death Panel : Congress Gutting Reform
Photo by Mike Albans / AP.The real death panel:A requiem for true health care reform? By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog / November 22, 2009 It was ten years ago that I lost my wife who was … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Medicare, Public Option, Universal Health Care
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Health Care Naysayers : Please Get the Message
Saying it all in sixty seconds:Health care reform is a human issue By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / Novemeber 3, 2009 I just saw a TV health care message that sensitively illustrates what is happening to too many … Continue reading
Divine Comedy : Joe Lieberman and the Hypocrites
The Hypocrites address Dante, from Canto XXIII of Divine Comedy, Inferno, by Dante Alighieri. Engraving by Gustave Doré from Pantheon Books edition / Wikimedia Commons.The Eighth Circle of Hell:Lieberman, Congress and health care reform Of course, Sen. Lieberman does not … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Joe Lieberman, Literature, Public Option, Universal Health Care
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Dr. Stephen R. Keister : The Public Option and the Public Good
Graphic by patriotboy.Honesty, honor and universal health care We hear cries of woe about costs of universal care from the insurance-subsidized Republican members of Congress. Yet, these same folks have no problem with spending on foreign wars, of questionable need… … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Dr. Stephen R. Keister, Ethics, Health Care Reform, Meat Industry, Medicine, Public Option, Universal Health Care
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Health Care Reform and our Socialist National Parks
Ken Burns’ “The National Parks: Our Best Idea.” Real health care reform is isn’t such a bad idea, either.Taking refuge in PBS’ series on our public parksWhile the Kabuki dance in Washington continues By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The … Continue reading
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Tagged Health Care Reform, Medicine, National Parks, Universal Health Care
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Health Care Blackjack : We Need an Ace from Obama
The Card Player by Pablo Picasso / MoMA Collection.The stakes are high:The President and health care reform I have great concern about whether the President will take a principled stand in favor of a true and unfettered public option. By … Continue reading
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Tagged FDR, Health Care Reform, Obama Administration, Public Health, Public Option, Universal Health Care
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Rev. Jim Rigby : Why is Universal Health Care ‘Un-American?’
Rev. Jim Rigby, pastor of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Austin, speaks at Austin rally for health care reform, Saturday, Oct. 29. Photo by Alan Pogue / The Rag Blog. I can’t believe I am standing today in a Christian … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Christianity, Health Care Reform, Social Justice, Universal Health Care
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Austin : Thousands Rally for Healthcare; Teabaggers Call for Secession
Health care supporters, Teabaggers rally in Austin, August 29, 2009. Photos by James Retherford / The Rag Blog.Healthcare rally draws over 2,000;Handful of Teabaggers call for secession Rev. Jim Rigby, pastor of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, pondered how it can … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Health Care Reform, Lloyd Doggett, Right Wing Extremists, Tea Baggers, Universal Health Care
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Storming the Bastille : Bidding Bipartisanship Adieu
“Prise de la Bastille,” painting by Jean-Pierre Louis Laurent Houel / Wikimedia Commons.Health care reform:To the barricades By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog / August 31, 2009 I fear that the average American, including myself, has a … Continue reading
Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Poster Child for Lousy Health Insurance
Don’t mourn, organize:How I became a poster child for lousy private health insurance By Rabbi Arthur Waskow / The Rag Blog / August 27, 2009 For 25 years I have been a member of a private health insurance plan that … Continue reading
Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Healing Health Care NOW
The Healing Tree / Terry the Weaver.Healing Health Care:NOW or Never We who have with illness bled,Welcome to our gory bed,Or to victory! Now’s the time and now’s the hour;See approach proud Money’s power.Will we turn and flee? Big Pharma’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Health Care Reform, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Social Action, Universal Health Care
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Health Care Reform : Screeching to a Halt?
Supporters of health care reform rally outside the office of Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida Republican. Photo from AP. Unhappily, the current situation is much more ominous than simply the denial of proper health care. The encouragement of mob violence by … Continue reading
