Language matters: It's health insurance reform.
Sometimes even the smartest people can miss the obvious. We see this in the information war between critics and supporters of health insurance reform. It's been dubbed, health care reform. Yet, as...
View ArticleWhy speaking up matters
For the first time in a couple of decades, I went to a political rally. At the age of 50, I thought my stand up and be counted at events of the rally variety were long over. But after seeing the...
View ArticlePost-civil political discourse?
Anyone who takes politics seriously, also understands that sometimes passions can take over, especially when very important issues are being discussed. But things have gotten uglier. People taking...
View ArticleYes Virgina, Senate healthcare is a shiny object
Remember 2008 when Presidential Candidate Barack Obama talked about making health care affordable, accessible to everyone, giving patients choices, a "public option"? Already this was a change, from...
View ArticleShiny objects are not reform
Everyone getting back on board. Actually, that's where the corporate interests have us. Some activists want to take this dogs breakfast and fix it later. (suckers deal) Some want to kill it, others...
View ArticleHCR: Why I'm changing my mind.
Last week I wrote 2 entries explaining why I felt the Reid Bill was a bad bill. It still is, in many respects. As Senator Sherod Browne noted in debate this afternoon, the bill does give protection to...
View ArticleHCR: The New Reality
Previously in Health care Reform: 2008 Senator Barack Obama wins the Presidential election on a campaign platform calling for accessible, affordable health care which would include prohibitions of...
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