Do you really honor them? At any point one of those 24 million could become a statistic like the 2,200 veterans who couldn’t afford insurance and died last year. How do you honor them when you won’t even support health care reform that would help end this crime against our people? [congress]W000804[/congress]
Very nice indeed. Maybe he should hear stories from our veterans who can’t afford insurance, or stories from the family of the over 2,200 veterans who couldn’t afford insurance and died last year? [congress]I000023[/congress]
And with this we have our first Democrat: Artur Davis was one of the Democrats to vote against healthcare this past Saturday. Given the fact that over 2,200 veterans without health insurance died last year, it’s kind of hard to believe that Davis is “profoundly grateful” to their service. [congress]D000602[/congress]
Next up we have John McCain, America’s most famous veteran: Since leaving the military John McCain has enjoyed the benefits of the VA, as well as the extensive coverage of his Congressional health insurance. Today John McCain has a chance to show he supports the rest of our veterans by supporting healthcare with a public […]
Third we have John Cornyn, a man who has constantly bashed a public option. Hey John – over 2,200 veterans died last year from a lack of health insurance. Will you help provide a strong public option that will help save the lives of those who served our nation? [congress]C001056[/congress]
You take something highly contagious like H1N1, add a bad economy and throw in the employer practice of not giving sick days, or giving too few to employees: Public health experts worried about the spread of the H1N1 flu are raising concerns that workers who deal with the public, like waiters and child care employees, […]
The word ‘shall’ is the new talking point of the GOP when it comes to the healthcare bill. It started this morning with John Boehner on CNN talking about the word ‘shall’ appearing in the healthcare bill a couple of thousand times. It became on obvious talking point when George Will repeated it on This […]
Absolutely fucking sick, and anyone defending the action of these insurance companies should be castrated.
That’s what The Hill is reporting: Say hello to “Medicare Part E” — as in, “Medicare for Everyone.” House Democrats are looking at re-branding the public health insurance option as Medicare, an established government healthcare program that is better known than the public option. The strategy could benefit Democrats struggling to bridge the gap between […]
Last week Bill O’Reilly made news by an apparent support of the public option. Well it didn’t take long for him to try and paint that support as some big conspiracy theory: Via Think Progress: GOLDBERG: Bill, Bill, don’t shoot the messenger. Right? I’m your friend. I’m telling you this as a friend. You also […]