The following is from Courage Campaign, an online progressive organization. They have teamed up with Wendall Potter (See previous post “Who’s Wendall Potter”) in trying to stop Anthem from blocking new health care laws in California. The bill that is under scrutiny is AB2578. It would require insurance companies to justify their rates and seek [...]
July 31, 2010, marked the forty fifth anniversary of the passage of Medicare, hailing praise from almost every Democratic politico, and rightly so. An article from The Nation, On the Anniversary of Medicare Comes a Renewed Call for ‘Medicare for All’. shows the path from President Roosevelt to President Obama and their battles to provide [...]
Happy Birthday Medicare! For the past 45 years government run health care has provided millions of American Seniors with comprehensive health care. Hopefully there will be more celebrations as health care becomes a reality for 300 million Americans. Thanks for reading!
HCAN!California Call Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner and tell him to stand up for strong regulations! Usually, a high-powered insurance company lobbyist in Washington, DC takes a long, luxurious August vacation – but not this year. This year the lobbyists have turned their sights to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) in a blatant attempt [...]
“Starting in September, some of the worst abuses will be banned forever. No more discriminating against children with pre-existing conditions. No more retroactively dropping somebody’s policy when they get sick if they made an unintentional mistake on an application. No more lifetime limits or restrictive annual limits on coverage. Those days are over.” PRESIDENT BARACK [...]
The Affordable Care Act Becomes Law March 23, 2010 “On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act. The law puts in place comprehensive health insurance reforms that will roll out over four years and beyond, with most changes taking place by 2014. Others have already begun.” The above is from HealthCare.gov, a [...]
The following was sent to me from Progressive Democrats of America. Please read the following. Join the Healthcare for All IOT call TONIGHT! Please join us for our Health Care for All/Single Payer conference call: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 9:00 p.m. ET, 8:00 p.m. CT, 7:00 p.m. MT, 6:00 p.m. PT Phone Number: (605) 475-4000, [...]
I don’t like to think of the health care reform in the terms of winners or losers, but let’s face it, a heavyweight boxing match was displayed on the floor of capital hill. In one corner, President Barack Obama and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, were trying to bring some kind of health care [...]
Since I have been a little negative in trashing Anthem, I thought I would focus on the positive side of health care reform. The article Single payer, here we come is one of the best articles I’ve read on Single Payer health care system. This article details the pros and cons of converting California over [...]
It’s super easy, just click on the link below and you can send your senators faxes regarding health care reform. As of 12:20 pm, there were 747,000 people who have taken action. Please take the two minutes out of your day and become another person who stands up for health care reform. MoveOn.org Political Action: [...]