Remember “Candidate” Obama? Back before he became “President” Obama? Remember THOSE promises? Here are five he will not be keeping: 1. No Individual Mandate. 2. Complete Transparency 3. Government To Negotiate Lower Drug Prices 4. Allow Drug Importation 5. Lower Premiums by $2,500 for Family of Four The mandate is in, sorry […]
I am not being — Tongue in cheek there. Being beaten by your husband is according to insurance companies literally a “pre-existing condition.” I wonder what happens when someone beats on the kids…. “It turns out that in eight states, plus the District of Columbia, getting beaten up by your spouse is a […]
This is an excellent interview between Bill Maher and Anthony Weiner I wish I could upload it in full but [tragedy!] I have it in two parts so you too get it in two parts: [Update 09.15.09, wow I hate when they do this, these links are down, I must hunt up another link […]
Now that the — Sale of health care reform has gone public, the only thing I can ask is that real democrats left in D.C. refuse to sign the ridiculous lie that is being peddled by the President and his new friends the Republicans. And I mean lie. Because thirty million new customers for […]
Boy if one person can totally sum up the health care sitch in the U.S., that person is Bill Moyers. This interview with him by Bill Maher is about ten minutes long. It is also, if you are a U.S. citizen trapped in the snarl of health care politics, right now ten of the […]
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation — Offers these five facts about the uninsured : • Most of the uninsured are in working families and do not have access to employer-sponsored insurance. • More than eight in ten of the uninsured are in low- or moderate-income families. • Most low- and moderate-income uninsured adults […]
So, I was — Accused of being. Um. “Hyperbolic.” [Ooh la la. That is a five dollar word.] [Also that is someone calling me hysterical and a chick right? Just checking. Anyway.] This is because I said hundreds of thousands of people are dying in the U.S. because of lack of medical care. You […]
Let’s take a look at — What the health insurance CEO’s are drawing down these days. You know, those people who actually decide whether or not you get medical treatment? If you even have insurance? A hell of a lot of Americans do not. :::what those ceo’s are making::: Take a good hard look […]