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Monthly Archives: February 2010
Jack Cafferty on Broken Government
Jack Cafferty is blunt and plain spoken. I watched his special on CNN yesterday where he reviewed examples of why he says, “This country of ours is beginning to circle the drain.” He said a lot during his one hour … Continue reading
Why there is no single-payer public option
Amy Goodman on Democracy Now stated “Republican lawmakers remained staunchly opposed to using the federal government to regulate health insurance.” Republicans want the current health care bill dumped in the trash and to start all over. Goodman interviewed Trudy Lieberman … Continue reading
Nevadans support reconciliation strategy
A majority of Nevadans support using reconciliation to pass health legislation. Poll shows 55% of Nevadans do not object to reconciliation. 64% of Independent voters as well. Maybe that calm some of the timorousness of some of those Democratic senators … Continue reading
Find A Grave Source Fruitful
I have been having some success in finding burial information about scores of my ancestors on Find A Grave. If you haven’t heard of Find A Grave you might give it a go and see if you can get over … Continue reading
Republicans Threaten Reconciliation
Republicans have repeatedly warned Democrats that they’ll stop at nothing to stall the reconciliation process, which they can do by offering copious amounts of amendments. One Republican aide even said, “While debate time is limited, the number and content of … Continue reading
Senate adjourns without approving unemployment and health insurance benefits extension
The Senate adjourned Friday without approving extensions of cash and health insurance benefits for the unemployed after a lone senator blocked swift passage due to his insistence that Congress first pay for the $10 billion package. Retiring Sen. Jim Bunning, … Continue reading
Reconciliation to pass healthcare reform?
Today on Wolf Blitzer’s Situation Room on CNN the Cafferty file segment asked “should the Democrats try to ram healthcare reform through with 51 votes using that process called reconciliation?” Blitzer commented How do you feel about the prospect of … Continue reading
I like the idea of live TV about health care
Whatever comes out of the White House Summit on Health Care Reform the fact that we can watch, live, on TV the discussion is a good thing.Gives us all the chance to watch the elected officials actually work. I am … Continue reading
Single Payer National Health Insurance
While the White House Health Care Summit is taking place I want to remind readers what the Physicians for a National Health Program have to say. They advocate a single-payer national health insurance system. Single-payer national health insurance is a … Continue reading