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Mr. Rogers Neighborhood

September 8th, 2009 Comments Off

Mr. Rogers on health care reform. No, not that Mr. Rogers. This one . . .

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A Senior Speaks Out on Obamacare

September 7th, 2009 Comments Off

Speaking from his heart about the treachery of health care reform. This is a must watch video.

Part 2 . . .

I especially loved the bit about job counseling.

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Mass Update

September 2nd, 2009 Comments Off

Kaiser Foundation has released new reports about the Massachusetts experiment in universal health coverage. The Bay State is held up as a model for Obamacare so it is only fitting to see what they have done as a precursor to what is in store for the other 49 states.
The expanded health care program was enacted [...]

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A Rebuttal to Government Run Health Care

September 1st, 2009 Comments Off

And here is the counterpoint to government run health care . . .

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Why We Need Government Run Health Care

September 1st, 2009 1 Comment

Some people think we need to let the government run health care. You know, like they do the Post Office, the IRS, Cars for Clunkers . . .

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Mass Flip-Flop

September 1st, 2009 Comments Off

Gov. Deval Patrick is playing peek-a-boo with immigrants in the Bay State.
You know the game.
“Where’s health insurance?”
“Where’s health insurance?”
“Boo! There it is.”
State-subsidized health insurance for 31,000 legal immigrants here will no longer cover dental, hospice or skilled-nursing care under a scaled-back plan that Gov. Deval Patrick announced Monday.
Mr. Patrick said his administration had struggled to [...]

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Polling in Atlanta About Health Care Reform

August 24th, 2009 Comments Off

What do people  think about Atlanta health insurance and health care reform?
The AJC recently did a story based on randomly interviewing people in Atlanta and as far south as Macon. Here are some of the things they heard.
William Mays moved the brush from one hand to the other, keeping it moving as he applied white [...]

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Mass is Ahead of the Rest of Us

August 19th, 2009 Comments Off

I just gotta ask. Is Barney Frank even remotely aware of what is happening to health insurance in his home state of Massachusetts?

Apparently not.
Three years ago, Massachusetts, under Gov. Mitt Romney implemented a program designed to make health insurance more affordable while covering everyone.
Sound familiar?
Today 97% of Massachusetts residents have health insurance.
But at what price?
“Anything [...]

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Health Insurance Co-op

August 18th, 2009 Comments Off

Public option is out  . . . maybe. Health insurance co-op is in . . . maybe.
In an effort to buy support for Obamacare, the folks in Obamington are now saying the public will have a chance to buy Obamaplans through a not for profit cooperative.
What could be wrong with that?
Co-ops work well for food [...]

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Doc’s Priority – Overhaul Health Care System

August 17th, 2009 Comments Off

The incoming president of the medical association says the current health care system is sick and needs an overhaul.
“We all agree that the system is imploding, we all agree that things are more precarious than perhaps Canadians realize,” Doig said in an interview with The Canadian Press.
“We know that there must be change,” she said. [...]

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