If the people of this country paid as much attention to the bankers who destroyed this economy or the health insurance companies that drop coverage on people that need it the most, leaving them for dead (children included!) as they did the Casey Anthony trial, maybe we could start fixing things.
No – it isn’t a bad thing. Quiet the contrary, this is excellent news. Part of the Recovery Act, passed last year, is slated to improve the nation’s broadband infrastructure. This is something desperately needed in our country so that we can compete in the 21st century economy. It should be considered a crime that […]
In a vote of 406-19 the House passed a bill today that will allow health insurance companies to actually compete across state lines. That is something a lot of people have been pushing for for years, including Republicans. As matter of fact it has been a key of the Republicans “health care plan”, so it […]
President Obama seems pretty pissed about the decision by the Supreme Court to open the flood gates on corporate money into the political arena: With its ruling today, the Supreme Court has given a green light to a new stampede of special interest money in our politics. It is a major victory for big oil, […]
How quick some people forget: The nation must stop health insurance companies from defrauding senior citizens, presidential candidate Barack Obama told residents in Des Moines on Friday. The Illinois senator’s remarks came in response to a recent study and a government report that conclude Medicare’s private plan alternative – called Medicare Advantage – costs taxpayers […]
Something that has been really bothering me is how Democrats are saying they can force citizens to buy insurance because of the “commerce clause” of the Constitution: To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes; If this clause gives Congress the power to force you and me […]
This is something that shouldn’t even be an amendment – it should have been in the bill from the get go: Senate Democrats will offer an amendment this weekend to curb the pay of executives at health insurance companies that benefit from federal subsidies, fueling the growing feud with the powerful industry. Sens. Blanche Lincoln […]