John Kerry Sponsors 7/31 Faneuil Hall Health Care “Dialogue”

US Sen. John Kerry is sponsoring a health care dialogue at Boston’s Fanueil Hall on July 31 at 12 noon.

I can’t find any information about this at the John Kerry site, but if you go, please post about your experience.

John Kerry’s Democratic opponent, Ed O’Reilly has endorsed a single payer system.

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In Health Care Reform, Massachusetts Shows How Not To Do It  Read more 

La dolcé vita

My girlfriend and I recently visited Rome. While there, a stray cat attacked her. The injury was bad enough to need a doctor, so we visited a hospital’s emergency unit and waited under an hour for care. The doctor wrote a prescription and gave my girlfriend a shot to ease the pain. We had no idea what to expect in respect to cost: Italy has a universal health-care system, but we were not citizens. In total the doctor visit cost us nothing, and we paid $50 for medicine.  Read more 

S.1218, A bill to provide quality, affordable health care for all Americans

Sponsored by Senator Kennedy, the is the senate companion bill to HR 676.

Kennedy leads renewed effort on universal healthcare

The discussions signal that Kennedy, who instructed aides to begin holding the meetings while he is in Massachusetts undergoing treatment for brain cancer, intends to work vigorously to build bipartisan support for a major healthcare initiative when he returns to Washington in the fall. …  Read more 

It seem John Kerry is going to get a primary challenge. The Massachusetts Democratic Convention gave Ed O’Reilly enough support to put him on the ballot. I don’t live in Massachusetts and don’t know anything about this, but O’Reilly supports single payer.

Kerry Gets Slapped  Read more 

Michael Capuano considers preserving and expanding access to quality health care a top priority.

William Delahunt is leading the fight against torture and the Iraq war as well as co-sponsoring HR 676.

The wit and wisdom of Barney Frank.

Stephen Lynch has been holding a series of forums to inform seniors on Medicare, maybe a year from now he can be holding forums on HR 676.  Read more 

Today, I am very proud of my state, and also proud of our paper of record for an editorial for the ages (reg. required).

After weeks of intense lobbying and endless speculation about who might vote how, a joint session of the Legislature made blessedly quick work yesterday of a proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage. In a State House mobbed with revved-up campaigners on both sides of the issue, lawmakers took a quarter hour to dispatch the proposal by a decisive margin. The vote was a victory for decency and civil equality, and underscored Massachusetts’ long history of protecting individual rights.  Read more