Health Care Reform: More Than Insurance
It seems, from what I have read, heard and seen in the media, that the health care reform initiative that President Obama would like to see implemented boils down to whether or not the government expands its role in providing health care insurance benefits to the entire populace, as opposed to just those who are [...]
Ah, the great healthcare debate..
I refuse to enter into it, ‘the debate over healthcare’. It should be a no-brainer as far as I am concerned.
But the rightwingers are using lies and obfuscation. This severely jerks my chain. The talking points are all the same, and frankly, I can’t believe people are buying into them.
Even my friggin orthopedic surgeon’s office [...]
moist weather blues
well, i just got done firing off emails to my ‘representatives’ in congress. have you seen the fuckery that is passing for health care reform from the democratic congress? it has been a high blood pressure week for me- a ‘representative’ from my area to the state government in albany staged a coup d’etat and [...]
Who Has A Right To Protest Womens Reproductive Health?
The weekend started slow here in Roswell. Not much happening beyond the usual small town crap and kinda mundane/average news on the world level. Saturday a young friend got the letter accepting him into the Eastern New Mexico University School of Nursing, where he wants to persue his RN license, so he celebrated with the [...]
Swift boating Obama’s healthcare plan a failure from the get go!
Obama announces Healthcare Proposal with Healthcare system on Board
The ass hole swift boaters who sank John Kerry with their lies are already trying to do the same with President Obama’s Health care plan showing horror stories from Canada and other Nations of patients having to wait inhumane lengths of time for emergency care or operations. [...]
How Missouri Republicans celebrated World Autism Day – or – Didn’t I say that not all Fuck Yous are Delayed…
A bitch has been involved in a piece of legislation here in Missouri that would require insurance companies to cover treatment for autism spectrum disorder. This bill was opposed by insurance companies but a bitch had hope that the power of the autism coalition and the voters it represents would overcome the entrenched power of [...]
“Sliding Scale Bake Sale” Reveals Plight of World’s Women
I attended a local event at the Women’s Intercultural Center for Women’s History Month/International Women’s Day that paired a special movie screening with a “sliding scale bake sale.” Cupcakes and drinks cost a dollar each. But women got a special deal: those without children paid $.90, married moms paid $.73, and single moms paid $.60 [...]
universal healthcare
people- this is the 21st century. there is no excuse for people dying because they don’t have insurance- the only reason we have such a system is greed, greed, greed. we do not have the greatest healthcare system in the world- far from it. we are near the bottom. there is absolutely no reason that [...]
Incremental Change: Fighting For PTSD War Casualties
Two items in the media caught my attention this week that I believe are worth noting. First, Army Times republished an article by Gregg Zoroya in USA TODAY under the headline “Army may stop notifying COs of counseling“. In the article, Zoroya reports:
Army leaders are proposing to end a longtime policy that requires [...]
Pfizer, Pfucks over children in Nigeria-calls it ethical.
They are cold blooded killers and yet..they have the audacity to say it was ethical? Are they serious? From Jurist:
Officials from Nigeria and from US pharmaceutical company Pfizer said Monday that they hope to reach a settlement agreement by the end of next month over allegedly illegal clinical trials conducted in Nigeria by the drug [...]
Pondering special needs…
Happy Friday, chil’ren!
Let’s jump right on in, shall we?
The fact that the Palin family has a child with special needs (her son has Down syndrome) has sorta-sparked a national discussion on the needs of children with special needs.
Longtime readers know that my older brother is autistic…’cause, Gawd willing, special needs children grow up to be [...]
Hillary Clinton Was Awesome Last Night
My daughter and I watched Hillary’s speech last night at the Democratic National Convention - day 2 - and we were awestruck by the power of her passion.
People centered plan preparedness…
This bitch and C-Money will be attending our brother Bill’s plan meeting tomorrow. For those of you unfamiliar with the world of residential treatment, a plan meeting is where guardians, staff and social workers gather to create a document that will contain my brother’s life.
Another Kind of Hero
When we think of hero’s, most often our minds first conjure up larger than life figures, either from fictional characters initially in books or in later times splashed across movie and television screens.
The Operation Was A Success, But The Patient Died
Four million people were admitted to California hospitals last year. That’s a lot of people. And of those 4M, 1,002 cases of serious medical harm were disclosed by California hospitals between July 2007 and May of this year.
