Health Care Kali's Blogtag:tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com,2009:/talk/blogs/star_mason//97092009-11-24T17:49:55ZMovable Type Pro 4.21-enWill Drug and Insurance Companies Be Dethroned?tag:tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com,2009:/talk/blogs/star_mason//9709.3041592009-11-24T17:15:34Z2009-11-24T17:49:55ZIt's a simple question. Are the drug and insurance companies dethroned in the various proposed bills? For example, will the drug companies be forced to allow more generic drugs far sooner?Or, as has been reported, will this "reform" continue to...Kali Starhttp://motherearthhealth.blogspot.com/ Can you really believe that a bill that doesn't take down this structure will save money?How much money is changing hands with the Dems? Do you really imagine that small steps within such a corrupt system of peddling influence -the system Obama PROMISED to change - will suffice? Some marginal advancement that allows thousands more to die waiting for the next step --when? Ten years, twenty years ?
What about Tort reform. The Republicans are right on that. The money-drenched dems can't get off that bribe. Do you think that millions of Obama's core supporters like me are just stupid? You know what. You'd be right on that. We were stupid to believe the promises.]]>
Is Voting for Nothing Voting for Something?tag:tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com,2009:/talk/blogs/star_mason//9709.3038932009-11-23T15:48:51Z2009-11-23T16:45:32ZThe argument is back over this joke of a health care bill. Better to get something out of this than nothing. When is something nothing?Did anyone hear Howard Dean this morning? A person with a pre-existing condition can get health...Kali Starhttp://motherearthhealth.blogspot.com/
This is nothing. To vote for it is to admit there never will be health insurance for everyone. You can't change the system while continuing oppressing people. Start saying no way --and mean it. ]]>
The Congressional Healthcare Doomsday Optiontag:tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com,2009:/talk/blogs/star_mason//9709.2918802009-09-23T14:38:15Z2009-09-23T14:57:31ZYou know how the President and others say that Americans deserve the same healthcare coverage that they have? Do they mean it ? If they are serious why don't they put THEIR care on the line?It would be a simple...Kali Starhttp://motherearthhealth.blogspot.com/ It would be a simple law. It would be independent from any healthcare "reform." It would take only a few in the Senate and Congress to offer it. That law would state:
One year from the signing of this bill, it shall be ILLEGAL for the President, members of Congress and the Federal Judiciary to be enrolled in any health insurance plan that is not open to all Americans at the same out-of-pocket cost as it for the government employee, and with the same lifetime benefits.
Which of these people would (1) not make health care happen for the rest of us in one year, or (2) have the nerve to vote against it. This would not be an amendment to any other bill. That's the path that is allowing the insurance companies to defeat healthcare. Such a bill would would be straight forward and simple. All Americans would understand it. There would be no confusion. People are angry. They would support a bill that would make it a federal crime for the government to continue enjoying their own benefits on the backs of the rest of us.]]>
All You "Keep- Government- Out- of -Health Care" People Will Pass On The H1N1 Vaccine-Right?tag:tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com,2009:/talk/blogs/star_mason//9709.2913312009-09-21T13:46:18Z2009-09-21T13:51:24ZYou say that the government should stay out of medicine. You say that capitalism provides what people need. Right? Then keep your f***** hands off this vaccine. OK?...Kali Starhttp://motherearthhealth.blogspot.com/
You say that the government should stay out of medicine. You say that capitalism provides what people need. Right? Then keep your f***** hands off this vaccine. OK?
New Data Puts Deaths From No Health Insurance at 45,000 Per Yeartag:tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com,2009:/talk/blogs/star_mason//9709.2910142009-09-18T17:20:50Z2009-09-18T17:27:24ZFormerly it was 18,000. I always considered that number too small. New numbers from Harvard Medical School. That works out to almost 30,000 deaths due to no health insurance since Obama and the Democrats took office.We should consider what these...Kali Starhttp://motherearthhealth.blogspot.com/
umbers from Harvard Medical School. That works out to almost 30,000 deaths due to no health insurance since Obama and the Democrats took office. We should consider what these numbers will be in the aftermath of any bill. Compromises translate into deaths. Just to be clear.
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Pay For Health Care By Leaving Iraq And Afghanistantag:tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com,2009:/talk/blogs/star_mason//9709.2892252009-09-10T15:40:42Z2009-09-10T15:45:12ZKali Starhttp://motherearthhealth.blogspot.com/
Funding health care is a legitimate problem. Afghanistan is an illegitimate war. These problems are linked. ]]>
AFL-CIO Demands Public Option, President Obama. Are Working People Now The Extreme Left of the Party?.tag:tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com,2009:/talk/blogs/star_mason//9709.2884802009-09-07T17:14:36Z2009-09-07T17:24:19ZLabor is standing up for the public option. The sheet metal workers three weeks ago. The AFL-CIO most recently. So, are unions and working people the extreme left of the party that this president wants to talk down? How absurd....Kali Starhttp://motherearthhealth.blogspot.com/
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Who Can Explain This Obama/Pharma Deal To Me?tag:tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com,2009:/talk/blogs/star_mason//9709.2866022009-08-25T20:44:09Z2009-08-25T20:59:03ZHere's the memo obtained by Huffington Post describing the White House deal with the drug companies.White House MemoCan anyone explain to me what happens to a family with a serious illness now paying $5,000 PER MONTH for drugs, which are...Kali Starhttp://motherearthhealth.blogspot.com/White House Memo Can anyone explain to me what happens to a family with a serious illness now paying $5,000 PER MONTH for drugs, which are mostly covered by private insurance. The patient loses the private insurance because the illness forces the person to leave the job. The insurance companies will reduce the drug fees by half. Leaving for this family, $2,500 per month for drugs to stay alive. Add new premium through public option or co-op or something, plus hospital bills, doctors bills, tests, etc. The family loses everything, and still can't get the drugs. Right? Am I missing something, or has Obama sold out thousands of seriously sick people with this deal.]]>
News Flash for Obama on Healthcaretag:tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com,2009:/talk/blogs/star_mason//9709.2855302009-08-18T22:06:41Z2009-08-18T22:19:52ZThe other day I heard President Obama complain that people on the Right and Left were forgetting about what's important in the Healthcare legislation coming out of Congress.News flash for our president. We, on the left, elected you with our...Kali Starhttp://motherearthhealth.blogspot.com/ News flash for our president. We, on the left, elected you with our energy, feet, phone calls and money. How dare you dismiss us like that ! There is a difference between the Right and Left.
Let's bypass this president. Let's support those Democrats who want to push through legislation with a public option with 51 votes. Let Baucus take his Republican friends out to an expensive meal with all that money he gets from the insurance companies.
This is a fight. You're either with us or against us. No matter who you are.]]>
White House Caves to Drug Company Lobbyiststag:tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com,2009:/talk/blogs/star_mason//9709.2833872009-08-06T14:12:39Z2009-08-06T14:18:24ZWhite House Caves To Lobbyists Comments? Or will we be passing again on any criticism of Obama....Kali Starhttp://motherearthhealth.blogspot.com/
White House Caves To Lobbyists
Comments? Or will we be passing again on any criticism of Obama.]]>
If No Public Option, I'll Be Working for a Third Party Candidate in 2012tag:tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com,2009:/talk/blogs/star_mason//9709.2830532009-08-04T19:23:02Z2009-08-04T19:30:10ZIf Obama can't deliver a public option for health insurance with this Democratic Congress, I will be supporting a third party candidate in 2012. I suggest that those who feel the way I do should make their intentions known now....Kali Starhttp://motherearthhealth.blogspot.com/
If Obama can't deliver a public option for health insurance with this Democratic Congress, I will be supporting a third party candidate in 2012. I suggest that those who feel the way I do should make their intentions known now. Come on Mr. President. Do the right thing.
Study: The Importance of a Public Optiontag:tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com,2009:/talk/blogs/star_mason//9709.2824102009-07-31T14:38:13Z2009-07-31T11:46:14ZThe Urban Institute has published a study about the importance of a Public Plan Option. I think the single payer plan has absolutely no chance. However, it does help establish a negotiating position for a public option.Public option is the...Kali Starhttp://motherearthhealth.blogspot.com/
Public Plan Option. I think the single payer plan has absolutely no chance. However, it does help establish a negotiating position for a public option.
Public option is the last stand. Without it, Obama shouldn't sign the bill. He should be making that clear right now.
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You Voted For Obama: How Do You Feel About a War in Afghanistan, Banker Bailouts, No Public Option and No Single Payer?tag:tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com,2009:/talk/blogs/star_mason//9709.2821762009-07-29T22:22:06Z2009-07-29T22:34:00ZYou voted for Obama. So far:(1) Another war at 10 billion a month(2) Bailouts for bankers and stockbrokers(3) No help for people losing their houses(4) No public option(5) No single payer(6) Drug companies and insurance companies still in controlHow fulfilled...Kali Starhttp://motherearthhealth.blogspot.com/
(1) Another war at 10 billion a month (2) Bailouts for bankers and stockbrokers (3) No help for people losing their houses (4) No public option (5) No single payer
(6) Drug companies and insurance companies still in control
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Costs Won't Come Down While Drug Company Profits Are Considered Wealthtag:tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com,2009:/talk/blogs/star_mason//9709.2819252009-07-28T18:24:51Z2009-07-28T18:35:12ZHow are drug companies different from other corporations? The problem is that they are not. They are part of a global economic structure that considers drug profits as wealth. Cutting "better deals" with drug companies is nonsense. Their existence as...Kali Starhttp://motherearthhealth.blogspot.com/
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Uninsured Should Camp in Front of Congresstag:tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com,2009:/talk/blogs/star_mason//9709.2815782009-07-26T13:39:02Z2009-07-26T13:53:25ZThey are going home for August.The uninsured should be camping in front of Congress as they leave. Build a tent city of the sick and those who have lost insurance. People with stories of how they couldn't afford tests that...Kali Starhttp://motherearthhealth.blogspot.com/ The uninsured should be camping in front of Congress as they leave. Build a tent city of the sick and those who have lost insurance. People with stories of how they couldn't afford tests that would have given them a chance to survive a serious illness.
Dare the police tear down that camp. Make the Republicans deal with Americans of all situations. Let all these cowards stand up or sit down. Put bodies, faces, and souls on the line. Bring the children.
What are we waiting for? The internet has distracted us from the real moves that would accomplish the goal. Part of the reason is that sick people don't fight back. Who can blame them? But someone needs to organize this. Now. As the congress with their golden insurance plans head out. Dare these bastards to not vote for a decent plan that works immediately. Dare them. Dare yourself to do more than blogging.]]>