Healthcare Reality Check and Joe Biden
By consider | September 1, 2009
We as People do need to talk to others about the myths and flatout lies that are being disseminated. If big insurance wins, America will loose a lot in the coming difficult economic times. Check out this link.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck/
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Single Payer and Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NYC)
By consider | August 22, 2009
Here is an interesting clip about Single Payer healthcare. A single payer system would be great! It would be really nice to join the other developed industrial democracies. Go Rep. Anthony Weiner! Thank you for taking a stand. You rock! (The federal government and local governments do a really good job at providing police services, 911 services, roads - they’re great. Medicare does a really good job at insuring the other folks. We should have a public plan to cover all Americans.)
We need a public plan in the United States. I would contribute to it, instead of my private health insurance. Private health insurance is really doing a lot of damage to the United States by putting illogical, selfish, dangerous, overly emotional aspects into the national dialog. It would leave the United States very vulnerable if we do not have a public healthcare system that does not cover everyone.
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Great U.S. Social Services that benefit All the People - and Profiteering Private Health Insurance
By consider | August 17, 2009
The United States is currently the only first world, developed country that doesn’t have a health insurance policy for all its citizens. This actually goes against much of its existing policy and against the spirit of democracy. The United States does have other efficient social services that benefit all of its members. The existing social services have helped to build America’s economic status, because it is in healthy, safe, societies that commerce can thrive. One of these services is the the well developed road system. All people are able to use the roads to get around the community. Exceptions to this are toll roads and paid parking. Roads are a type of social infrastructure that have stimulated commerce and contributed toward the United States’ overall economic wealth.
The United States also has a fairly sophisticated, efficient and appreciated local police departments. These departments tend to benefit all society, and indeed, most department squad cars have it written on them, “To Protect and Serve”. In addition, fire departments in the United States are also among the world’s best. They continue to have the best equipment and continue to operate for the general betterment of society. American citizens do not need a private insurance policy to receive police or fire department services. All citizens are also able to utilize a national 911 call number that efficiently dispatched the appropriate emergency service. These socialized services benefit all members of society and are amoung the world’s best in regard to efficiency.
The nice efficiency in United States starts to falter when the healthcare system and its statistics are looked at. Indeed, statistics for the United States in healthcare are in rapid decline, heading toward third world levels. A major contributor to this phenomena is the private health insurance policy. It is rumored that health insurance companies would like to offer police and fire insurance if they are victorious in keeping the archaic, inefficient, yet highly profitable private health insurance policies in place within the United States. What direction will America go in?
U.S. Social Services benefit all while U.S. Private Health Insurance only benefit some. (Private health insurance also have ridiculously high profit margins, only benefit some in society, and sets up a system for catastrophic destruction. They are fighting hard and are utilizing fear and other trickery to fool the U.S. population into keeping the system as it currently is.)
The United States should have a public or national plan of health insurance. Something to think about. To be continued…
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Healthcare for Americans, please
By consider | August 4, 2009
Wouldn’t it be cool if Americans had the choice to have a low cost health insurance option that would allow all people to be covered - just like all the other developed countries? Let’s hope that this administration will care for its People, as opposed to catering to insurance corporations. Start making your videos and embed and send them to others, including our dear Representatives. Talk to People! The insurance companies sure do have a lot of power. Let’s work on getting the Peoples’ voices heard.
While President Obama was elected on the mantra of “Change”, will it happen? There was that super-secret meeting with Washington DC with our Representatives and members from the Healthcare Insurance Corporate sector. A national, universal healthcare - type of coverage would increase America’s security and safeguard the lives of all Americans - instead of just the poor or older people currently covered. Isn’t it weird that the people who contribute the most into Medicare - working people (taken out of paychecks) don’t get coverage, and instead (may) pay into a private coverage plan that may or may not cover services that are needed. Take a look at what the good doctor has to say.
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Clean ‘Green’ Energy and Grant Links
By consider | July 2, 2009
I recently went to a conference on energy and was pleasantly surprised to hear that there are various initiatives to build and retrofit buildings to be more ‘green’ or clean. Some of the links have information on various grants or stimulus funds that are also available. Some are better than others but are worth checking out…
http://www.colorado.gov/
http://www.coloradocarbonfund.
If you’d like more information on incentives in your state, go to http://hellopolicymaker.org/state_1main.html
Click on your state, and your state’s government link is at the top. You’ll also see your senators and representatives.
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