I was talking with my doctor the other day. She is a supporter of single-payer, but had not heard of HR 676. Do you know where I can get a copy, any links to the full text?

text of HR 676

Physicians for a National Health Plan

to blast the US auto industry for losing ground due to pension/healthcare obligations -- then step up and demand they support UHC -- something has changed, yo.

Appreciate the info.

i went with my parents to their church's 4th of july picinic today, lots of middle and upper middle class wasp types, many of them small-business owners, believers in personal responsibility and compassionate conservatives who give tons of both their money and time to deserving charities. nice centrist republicans with well-developed social consciences, every single one of them.

and a whole lot of the ones there today are retirees, and with the exception of the part d doughnut hole, all approving highly of the care they've been getting.

i didn't start any full-blown discussions, but i did work the idea of expanding medicare to the rest of us into a few of the conversations here and there. nobody jumped down my throat with shouts of socialized medicine! bad! so i'm taking this as a tiny but positive sign.

overheard at one table: their pick for mccain's vp? obama.

here, and provide these folks with a bit of education regarding HR 676?

When my fool congresswoman (after I emailed her, even) gets to talk as if that bill does not exist -- or would fail by not being perfect, if it gets passed -- a lot of people are still falling for the 'oh, we've got a system that sucks, but it's the best we've got' lie.

Any links they could use to get up to speed (and, incidentally, be seen by her Health Care staff) would be greatly appreciated.

I think your link was great. So far I have been disappointed with little interest my posts have generated outside of this blog.

I am not talking about high traffic blogs, I would be thrilled with inbound links from ANY blog. On the other hand, I figure the Presidential is blocking out everything with the possible exceptions of FISA and Iraq. As time goes on interest in HR 676 will pick up.

most powerful force we have.

They can stop SC nominees.
They can block or pass laws.
They conduct oversight over every government agency.

And yet they learn helplessness everyday, until they feed on a lobbyist's teat. That they know how to do well....

make this happen...

i'll pass the link to my company's idea submission thing...