This from a new CBS/New York Times poll is stunning: The poll found that most Americans would be willing to pay higher taxes so everyone could have health insurance and that they said the government could do a better job of holding down health-care costs than the private sector. [SNIP] The national telephone survey, which […]
Think about a government run healthcare program for a moment. What if the country said sayonara to the current insurance providers as they are and went with a totally universal program. The savings to taxpayers and businesses would be huge. Talking about such a massive sized program saving us doesn’t seem very logical, but think […]
Everyone remembers the SCHIP debacle last year. Polls showed overwhelming support amongst Americans for the popular program that provides healthcare to children, but Republicans still killed the legislation. Well it is back up, and it looks like the Republicans will really lose out: Republicans appear to have overplayed their hand when blocking the expansion of […]
Look at this headline on ABC’s World Newser Blog: Gift Certificates for an Abortion? Sounds like something to really get the religious right up in arms – don’t it. The story they are talking about is this one, which I posted about last week. The network of 35 clinics across the state announced it is […]
Planned Parenthood in Indiana is offering gift certificates for health care and contraceptives: The network of 35 clinics across the state announced it is offering holiday vouchers for basic health care services “or the recipient’s choice of birth control method.” The organization decided to offer the vouchers because so many people are uninsured or are […]
We are hearing that a lot lately. It is a very tough situation to wrap your head around, but while people are saying we should let the auto industry go, no one is saying what to do with the millions of jobs it will cost. It’s not that we need to bailout the auto industry, […]
You know the economy is getting bad when Hormel can’t produce Spam quick enough: The economy is in tatters and, for millions of people, the future is uncertain. But for some employees at the Hormel Foods Corporation plant here, times have never been better. They are working at a furious pace and piling up all […]
This could prove to be a problem for Hillary: Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday she might be willing to garnish the wages of workers who refuse to buy health insurance to achieve coverage for all Americans. The New York senator has criticized presidential rival Barack Obama for pushing a health plan that would not […]
You get to stay away from the doctor and hospitals and maybe even having your life saved! President Bush vetoed legislation Wednesday that would have expanded government-provided health insurance for children, his second slap-down of a bipartisan effort in Congress to dramatically increase funding for the popular program. It was Bush’s seventh veto in seven […]
For years right wingers would taunt out the fact that Democrats were in the minority. That minority was very slim though. Both times Bush won the White House, it was so damn close. So these same wingnuts who so boldly reminded us of our minority status over the past several years now find themselves in […]