Rep. Dennis Kucinich voted no on the “Affordible Health Care for America Act”, which barely passed in the House 220-215 with a weakened public option. He has been a strong supporter of Single Payer Heath Insurance. The Senate’s version of the bill has still yet to be passed.
The Mad as Hell Doctors will be in St. Paul today. The Mad as Hell Doctors are promoting a Single-Payer health Care system by advocating the following:
This group of doctors is traveling across the country to raise awareness about single-payer health care. Their journey will begin on September 8th and they will be in the Twin Cities on September 16th. According to their website;
On September 8, 2009 a group of dedicated Oregon physicians will take the message of Universal Health Care [...]
I went to a town hall meeting in suburban New Orleans recently. It was sponsored by Louisiana Republican Senator David Vitter. I think I was the only one of the roughly 500 people in the building in favor of a public option. Yet, it seemed to me that about least 75% of the people in the room were already part of a public or government plan, whether as veterans or as Medicare recipients.
Representative Raul Grijalva, chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus talks with Democracy Now about his fellow Democrats demand for a public option. The Progressive Caucus which consists of 81 Congresspeople and Senators wrote a letter to the Health and Human Services Secretary Sebelius, criticizing her for saying public option is not a central element to comprehensive reform. Congressional Progressive Caucus says they won’t sign on to a plan that doesn’t include a public option.
Single-payer health care is absent from the debate on the major news networks.
Senator Max Baucus of Montana, who as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee has made health care reform his top priority, has decided to meet with single-payer health care advocates.
Mass Deception
After getting home from a thirteen hour day of work, watching some Tenacious D episodes, and having a little pizza, I decided to see what I could find on You Tube pertaining to Sarah Palin- this mystery hockey mother of five who is a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association (NRA), who hunts [...]