Ted Kennedy http://www.correntewire.com/taxonomy/term/6185/atom/feed 2008-06-12T12:57:23-04:00 Denial of care coalition hypes Senator Kennedy's leadersheep http://www.correntewire.com/denial_care_coalition_hypes_senator_kennedys_leadersheep 2009-01-05T12:24:12-05:00 2009-01-05T12:24:12-05:00 DCblogger The Worcester Telegram & Gazette has an article about Kennedy's effort to form a "concensus" on health care, filled with fluffy quotes from special interest lobbyists.

Special attention is given to the role of John McDonough, who is described as a former law maker and head of Health Care For All. Sounds like a nice guy huh?

Let's review who McDonough really is:

]]> Senator Ted Kennedy asks health insurance parasites what to do about health insurance parasites http://www.correntewire.com/senator_ted_kennedy_asks_health_insurance_parasites_what_do_about_health_insurance_parasites 2008-12-23T17:36:27-05:00 2008-12-23T17:36:27-05:00 DCblogger Mass. health plan has national appeal

WASHINGTON - Key players in the debate over how to provide healthcare coverage for the nation's 47 million uninsured say they view Massachusetts' landmark 2006 law as an important model for what Washington could do and how to get it done.

Check out who Senator Kennedy has been talking to:

]]> Why the Massachusetts solution is no solution http://www.correntewire.com/why_massachusetts_solution_no_solution 2008-12-22T23:21:37-05:00 2008-12-22T23:21:37-05:00 DCblogger An Unofficial Perspective on the Fiscal Crisis at Cambridge Health Alliance

]]> The uninsured give more ... organs http://www.correntewire.com/content/uninsured-give-more-organs 2008-11-18T18:44:17-05:00 2008-11-18T18:44:17-05:00 gob The transfer of vital organs from the have-nots to the have-mores doesn't just play out in cinematic goings-on in seedy London hotels, but also in the humdrum precincts of the American health (couldn't) care (less) system. In a recent press release, the Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) reveal that "People who lack health insurance are about 20 times more likely to donate their liver or a kidney for a lifesaving transplant than to receive one".

]]> Today's single payer post: S.1218 http://www.correntewire.com/todays_single_payer_post_s_1218 2008-07-16T20:13:29-04:00 2008-07-16T20:13:29-04:00 DCblogger 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. ...

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 Notes on a public meeting on health care http://www.correntewire.com/notes_on_a_public_meeting_on_health_care 2008-06-12T12:57:23-04:00 2008-06-12T12:57:23-04:00 gob For those interested in HR676 activism, I thought I'd pass along some notes I took at a discussion on health insurance/health care sponsored by the League of Women Voters at a nearby community college here in western PA. Seven people affiliated with our local group for single-payer care carpooled to the meeting. We were affluent (well, I'm culturally affluent) professional people; our driver had an Obama sign in his yard, but no horns or tail.

We were able to leave our literature next to the Obama leaflets on a table in the hall. The main event was a panel discussion moderated by a local chiropractor running for the state senate. The audience was between 30 and 40 people, mostly middle-aged to early retirement age.

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