Archive for August, 2009
by Downtowner, posted on Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
If you’ve been following the local press in IL-14, you know that Ethan Hastert is currently seeking the Repub nomination to fill his Daddy Denny’s former seat, currently held by Bill Foster, and you’d also be aware that this seat is high on the Repubs wish list for recapture in 2010.
If you’ve been following the local press for the last week, you’d be able to discern that, what with their “name” candidate, and their itch to take revenge for the lost of such a high profile seat, this area has become somewhat of a priority for targeting by the opponents of meaningful healthcare reform as well.
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Tags: Bill Foster, Ethan Hastert, health care, IL-14, Illinois, insurance, legislation, reform
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by Downtowner, posted on Monday, August 24th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
Couple of days ago I got an e-mail from my right-wing-nut sister. Well a lot of people got it; she’d broadcasted it to her entire address book. It was supposed to be a joke about the top ten things we can all expect under Obamacare. It wasn’t funny, so I didn’t laugh.
But I did lose my temper and responded “to all” with what can only be called a rant. The rant included lots of facts and figures and some helpful links, since I assume my sister is not likely to happen upon many of those fact-thingies while watching Faux News and listening to Rush. But it also included a thorough rundown of my own uninsurable and dubious state of health, along with a request that if my sister wished to helped Big Insurance execute me for sake of the conservative cause, she at least display enough shame to leave me off her e-mail list.
uh-oh
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Tags: Barack Obama, Blue Dogs, Democrats, health care, insurance, legislation, reform
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by jonzahm, posted on Monday, August 24th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
If you are “PrairieGrass” or know who “PrairieGrass” is, please phone me at 630-946-8683 or e-mail goliathslayers@gmail.com.
I need to inform the person that they have made a “false light” violation under the laws governing libel that must be corrected or I will
have to file a libel suit. Thank you, Jon Zahm.
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by John Laesch, posted on Monday, August 17th, 2009 at 9:51 am
I am a middle-class worker who has decent health insurance (an 80-20 plan) and recognizes that my recently elevated private insurance premiums are paying for those who don’t have health insurance. In addition to paying for the uninsured, I calculated that I am also paying an extra $4,000-7,000 per year into the pocketbooks of Wall Street profiteers.
Maybe my story about a $110/month increase in health insurance premiums is not significant compared to the many stories of those who lose their homes, businesses and dignity because we continue to embrace the status quo, broken, for-profit healthcare system, but it still needs to be told.
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Tags: carpenters, health care, insurance, John Laesch, legislation, public option, reform, single payer, unions
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by n0madic, posted on Sunday, August 2nd, 2009 at 9:27 pm
Last Thursday was probably the hottest and most humid day of the summer so far in Washington, DC, and yet several hundred health care reform activists, brought together by the Leadership Conference for Guaranteed Health Care, stuck it out in the heat to rally and lobby for single-payer. It was the 44th anniversary of the
passage of Medicare and the day began with the delivery of Medicare birthday cupcakes and cards to congressional offices. Later in the day activists met with their representatives to lobby for single-payer. And in between a rally was held in Upper Senate Park, just across the street from the Capitol. The remarks of several of the speakers and photos from the rally follow.
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Tags: Bernie Sanders, Code Pink, Donna Smith, Dr. David Scheiner, Dr. Margaret Flowers, Dr. Sidney Wolfe, Frankie Hughes, H. R. 3200, H. R. 676, health care, insurance, John Conyers, Jonathan Tasani, Jos Williams, Katie Robbins, Leadership Conference for Guaranteed Health Care, legislation, Mark Dudzic, Medea Benjamin, Medicare, reform, single payer, Tim Carpenter, Washington DC
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