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The right to health care

By Ripper on Sat, 07/04/2009 - 5:55pm |
We are born to be healthy and lead productive lives. Otherwise, the unalienable rights endowed by our Creator -- "among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" -- amount only to meaningless puffery. Without health, life cannot endure...

Palin Leaves Alaska DEFENSELESS!

By Ripper on Sat, 07/04/2009 - 2:32am |
The mention of Kim Jong Il in this post from Chez made me realize that Sarah Palin's resignation will leave Alaska DEFENSELESS against missiles from N. Korea and trained polar bear attacks from Russia!AND, as we speak, Congress is preparing...

Songs for Sarah

By Ripper on Sat, 07/04/2009 - 2:16am |

How to push the Senate to a public option

By Ripper on Wed, 07/01/2009 - 2:33am |
The battle for health care reform will be fought in the Senate. With too few resources at hand to push the entire Senate into supporting health care, we have to carefully target our efforts.Dr. Howard Dean's site lists 37 senators...

War

By Ripper on Tue, 06/30/2009 - 9:51pm |
No tanks blockade our nation's Capitol.No militia beats our citizens.No leaders of health care reform have been rounded up for summary execution or long sentences in gulags.In recent years, we have borne witness to the unquenchable yearning for freedom and...

A funny thing happened on the way to reform

By Ripper on Mon, 06/29/2009 - 8:57pm |
In medicine, the Golden Hour is the short window of time in which to save a patient or, at least, to apply treatment for the best possible outcome. The Golden Hour of health care reform is upon us. What you...

Insurance companies, Baucus vow to fuck public option

By Ripper on Tue, 06/23/2009 - 3:07pm |
I'll let the AP story speak for itself. Here's part of it:WASHINGTON (AP) -- The insurance industry Tuesday laid down a marker on health care, warning in stark terms that a proposed government insurance plan would dismantle the employer coverage...

Prophetic or not?

By Ripper on Sun, 06/21/2009 - 5:04pm |
Six days ago, when Josh asked whether Bill Keller and Michael Slackman were correct in their Times piece asserting that Iran's clerics had the upper hand, I responded with this email to Josh:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's "victory" in Iran's presidential election is...

June 25th march in DC for health reform

By Ripper on Fri, 06/19/2009 - 1:41pm |
Health Care for America Now! is staging a June 25th march in Washington.I'm looking for a ride out of St. Louis.Let's push for the public option now, before the legislation is finalized. The Iranian people have shown us how....

If I'm dead, you're dead, too

By Ripper on Thu, 06/18/2009 - 1:56pm |
I can think of many reasons for a single-payer health care system, but one reason in particular absolutely convinces me that anything short of universal single-payer will never deliver effective care to all or control costs.Being on Medicaid isn't a...

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