Submitted by a little night ... on Mon, 02/11/2013 - 3:19pm
From HealthCare-NOW!:
Ask your Representative to become an original cosponsor of HR 676: "The Expanded & Improved Medicare For All Act." today!
Rep. John Conyers is going to reintroduce national, single-payer healthcare legislation very soon--sometime this week.
Before he introduces the bill, Mr. Conyers would like to have as many original cosponsors as possible. Please call your Representative today and ask them to cosponsor HR 676. Read below the fold...
Submitted by a little night ... on Thu, 09/06/2012 - 10:22pm
A potentially useful antidote to O's crap tonight is Stephen Sonderberg's underrated portrait of a young man surviving the Great Depression (wittout knowing that was what it was)- too many wonderful performances by people who are now famous, even if they weren't at the time.
Available on Netfilx streaming for now, anyway. Read below the fold...
Submitted by a little night ... on Mon, 08/20/2012 - 2:25am
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Submitted by a little night ... on Mon, 07/30/2012 - 4:25pm
Call the previous post "a dream" and this one "reality". I have one of those supposedly wonderful insurance plans provided by Unions, and I've encountered Mom's initial problem (to the point that I in fact have no health care paid for by the plan that is bankrupting my union.)
Here is my Mom's more, shall we say, anodyne experience. It's only gotten worse since then.
Mom's experience with Medicare part C
Just one anecdote, and a mild one at that. I know: the plural of "anecdote" is not "data". So take it as you will. Read below the fold...
Submitted by a little night ... on Mon, 07/30/2012 - 3:50pm
Submitted by a little night ... on Wed, 07/11/2012 - 1:40pm
Submitted by a little night ... on Wed, 07/11/2012 - 10:22am
It's been too long since I posted an update on my own personal health insurance parasite, Wellpoint. But they have been busy little bees! Presented for your consideration: how Wellpoint will make gobs of cash out of Medicaid thanks to the "ACA"! (Yes, I'm quoting the entire story here. Every line is a gem!)
WellPoint aims to profit from Medicaid with Amerigroup purchase
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One of the nation's biggest insurance companies is trying to cash in on healthcare to the poor.
Read below the fold...
Submitted by a little night ... on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 11:31pm
from my own union-established bank:
On March 25, 1911, a fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory killed 146 young, mostly women, garment workers. Many of the victims were immigrants who, like immigrants today, had come to America in search of a better life. Their deaths galvanized labor unions, progressive organizations and workers in New York and around the country to fight for better working conditions, fair pay for all workers, and for a say in how their workplace was managed. One of the unions that led these fights, the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union, founded Amalgamated Bank in 1923 so that workers, labor unions and progressive organizations would be able to bank with an institution that believed in their cause.
Read below the fold...
Submitted by a little night ... on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 11:01am
Submitted by a little night ... on Thu, 11/03/2011 - 8:18pm
The coalition formerly known as "the May 12th Coalition" came to call itself the "Beyond May 12th Coalition" and then the [even better name IMO] "Strong Economy For All Coalition" - and now it's
99% NY - the coalition formerly known as Beyond May 12th Read below the fold...
Submitted by a little night ... on Thu, 10/27/2011 - 9:50pm
Submitted by a little night ... on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 10:45pm
March Against the Health Insurance Industry
Wednesday 26 October :: 3PM :: Zucotti Park :: Under the "Big Red Thing" :: Cedar Street & Broadway
Details:
3:00pm Assemble
4:00pm Open Speakout – share your personal struggles with our healthcare system
4:30pm March Against the Health Insurance Industry
March Details:
4:30pm – Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield / One Liberty Plaza: located across the street from Zuccotti park, Empire is a subsidiary of WellPoint, the largest publicly-traded health insurance company. CEO Angela Braley’s overall compensation is $13.1 million dollars, enough to cover 1455 New Yorkers. Read below the fold...
Submitted by a little night ... on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 8:07am
Submitted by a little night ... on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 7:33am
(from Care2, of all places, but I do get some good tips from them!)
Al-Jazeera Director General Wadah Khanfar has resigned yesterday (Tuesday), to be replaced by a relatively obscure member of the Qatar royal family. (Al-Jazeera is owned by the emir of Qatar.)
As I don't have time to give this (to me) breaking story the research it desrves, I'll give you the essential part of the Care2 story with its links: Read below the fold...
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