This blog will focus on political images I have found all around the Internet, though I will intersperse some commentary and quotes that I find interesting.
Showing posts with label Health Care Reform. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Health Care Reform. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Republican lies
This and the two previous posts all garnered from The Progress Report, January 20, 1011
And finally: Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) invented a drinking game yesterday for observers of congressional Republicans' attempts to repeal President Obama's health care law: " you take a shot every time a Republican lies ." Speaking on the house floor, Weiner made sure to encourage people to "get a designated driver," as they would have to take a lot of shots.
And finally: Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) invented a drinking game yesterday for observers of congressional Republicans' attempts to repeal President Obama's health care law: " you take a shot every time a Republican lies ." Speaking on the house floor, Weiner made sure to encourage people to "get a designated driver," as they would have to take a lot of shots.
Sunday, January 03, 2010
Saturday, January 02, 2010
Why keeping health care in the hands of private insuance companies is crazy
The article quoted below (LINK) is dated, but I just ran into it...
California's Real Death Panels Exposed: Insurers Deny 21% of Claims
On Friday, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee (CNA/NNOC) issued a press release analyzing data reported by the insurers to the California Department of Managed Care. More than 1/5 of all claims were denied, according to the report.
From 2002 through June 30, 2009, the six largest insurers operating in California rejected 31.2 million claims for care or 21% of all claims.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Crooked Senators
I guess I'm officially on a rant today, after that last post and this one.
No matter what you think of the Senates new health-care-reform bill, it didn't come without a lot of bribery. Most Senators got paid huge sums of money (paid into their campaign funds, of course, so as not to look like actual bribes) to get rid of the public option and any substantive reform that didn't benefit the insurance companies and big pharmaceutical companies. But there was more than that.
Gawker summarized some of the bribes needed to get the votes. I'll post just the first two - click on the link to read the rest.
No matter what you think of the Senates new health-care-reform bill, it didn't come without a lot of bribery. Most Senators got paid huge sums of money (paid into their campaign funds, of course, so as not to look like actual bribes) to get rid of the public option and any substantive reform that didn't benefit the insurance companies and big pharmaceutical companies. But there was more than that.
Gawker summarized some of the bribes needed to get the votes. I'll post just the first two - click on the link to read the rest.
If Your Senator Didn't Get Paid for Supporting Healthcare Reform, You're a Sucker
Nebraska gets permanent federal aid for its increased Medicaid costs under the bill, valued at $100 million over the next decade. Every other state gets three years of increased aid.
The residents of Libby, Mont., will get special access to Medicare to cover the effects of asbestos contamination from a vermiculite mine that operated there until 1990, thanks to Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.). The EPA has already devoted $6 million to the town's 2,600 residents.
Those Republicans Are Such Lovely People
The article below was lifted entirely from the J-Walk Blog. Nice job, John.
It seems that our government is pretty much based on prayers. Congress members urge their constituents to pray for certain outcomes. Then God decides what to do, based on the number of prayers he hears. For example: Health Bill clears hurdle, Coburn's prayer.
A little after 1:00 am, the Senate health-care bill cleared a key procedural hurdle that almost all but ensures its passage on Christmas Eve. The AP: "All 58 Democrats and the Senate's two independents held together early Monday against unanimous Republican opposition, providing the exact 60-40 margin needed to shut down a threatened GOP filibuster."
Meanwhile, the only way that Majority Leader Harry Reid was going to fail to get 60 votes was if a member of his caucus didn't show up to vote.
And that's exactly what Republican Sen. Tom Coburn said he's "praying" for.
"What the American people ought to pray is that somebody can't make the vote tonight," he said on the Senate floor Sunday afternoon. "That's what they ought to pray."
Apparently, Coburn wanted God to smite one of those Democrats. It's not clear if he wanted him dead, or just incapacitated.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Health Care Reform: By the Corporations, For the Corporations
From Austin Cline. Click on the link to read more...
People's disappointment at the health care "compromise" should not be surprising. Was there ever any serious doubt that we'd get a "reform" which transfers massive amounts of money from the people to the corporations while doing little to genuinely relieve the pressures created by a broken, for-profit system? Real reform would not only reduce profits but increase people's security, both of which are anathema to corporations that thrive on fearful people sending them money (keep in mind that Bernanke is comfortable with 10%+ "official" unemployment for the foreseeable future — and he will not be risking any of his own comfort). Of course health insurance corporations are getting what they wanted.
Howard Dean: Defeat Newest Health Care Bill
From Crooks and Liars: read more and watch video by clicking on the link.
He [Dean] recapped all the compromises we made: "We wanted single payer, but that was taken off the table early on. That was a mistake. We had to get to the place where we had health insurance for all Americans." But now, he said, there's no public option, and no Medicare option."You're forced to pay money to an insurance company or get fined $750 by your government, while 27% of your money goes to CEOs who are flying around in these private jets," he said.
He talked about the compromises made for pre-existing conditions, the most disturbing one the ability to charge you 300% more, merely for being older. "It's guaranteed issue, but if you’re making $65,000 a year for a family of four and you’re paying $20,000 for insurance, how is that reform?"
Friday, December 18, 2009
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