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Monthly Archives: August 2009
European Democracies Control Insurance Profits — And Enjoy Superior Health Care For Much Less Money
In an interesting article in The Washington Post, “5 Myths About Health Care Around the World,” the author, T.R. Reid, says he has traveled the world studying how other developed democracies provide health care. Reid writes, “Instead of dismissing these … Continue reading
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Krugman: Mr. Obama Has Wasted Months Trying To Appease People Who Can’t Be Appeased
Paul Krugman, in a NYT article, “Obama’s Trust Problem,” says the furious reaction of progressives to Obama’s compromise on a public option in health care reform might mean that Obama is in real trouble with his own base. Krugman says … Continue reading
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I’ve Filed My Petition (231 Signatures) To Seek Election To The Kettering Board Of Education
Yesterday, I filed to become a candidate for Kettering School Board in November’s election. I turned in my petitions to the Montgomery County Board of Elections, with a total of 231 signatures, and I paid the required $30 filing fee. … Continue reading
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Congressman Mike Turner Makes A “Progressive Score” Of 14% — Ranks 288th Out Of 434 Members
An interesting web-site called ProgressivePunch describes itself as, “a non-partisan searchable database of Congressional voting records from a Progressive perspective.” The site says that it tracks the performance of members of Congress within 160 different issue categories. Progressive Punch gives … Continue reading
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Ten Reasons to Pass Health Reform
Interesting article at Truthdig. Joshua Holland of AlterNet outlines ten benefits that health care reform should bring. Holland writes, “Understanding what’s actually contained in the legislation leads to an unavoidable conclusion about the anger we’ve seen in recent weeks: it’s … Continue reading
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“President Obama Has Blown Health Care Reform Big Time … The Opportunity Has Been Squandered”
Depressing to read this assessment at Huffington Post written by Michael Bremer: “Obama has blown health care reform, big time. The opportunity of a lifetime has been squandered. …Serious health care reform is gone with the wind. It cannot be … Continue reading
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