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Please let your legislator know we need Affordable Lifesaving Biogenerics

November 19, 2009 By bleicher

Now is the time to act to fix health care reform. The lobbyists are out in full force to control the agenda, as reported in the New York Times In House, Many Spoke With One Voice: Lobbyists', and to write into law 12 plus years of monopoly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: biogenerics, biosimilars, health-care-reform

Where have all the progressives gone on the biologics provisions in Health Care Reform?

October 18, 2009 By bleicher

Here is a short summary of the pending bill and the issue at stake.  Most biotechnology products are biologic products, as opposed to chemical drugs, and are regulated by the FDA under a different law than drugs.  Today, the FDA … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: biogenerics, biologics, biosimilars, health-care, health-care-reform

Another Option for Addressing Local Aid and Financing Our Schools

June 24, 2009 By bleicher

Today our debate on taxes is stuck in mud because it requires agreement at the legislature to either cut services, increase taxes or authorize local government to tax.  In the absence of a resolution, our local cities and towns are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: education, income, local-aid, tax, taxes

Time to ReConsider 0.5% for the Kids and Sovle our Local Budget Crisis

November 12, 2008 By bleicher

  Jump Out the Window? (+) by: SmallTownGuy Tue Nov 11, 2008 at 18:41:07 PM EST A few months ago I posted "0.5% for the Kids -Lets Make Overrides History"  http://bluemassgroup.com/s... . (I just posed this to a reply to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: education, local-ad, taxes

Check out and share the real facts in the VP Debate

October 3, 2008 By bleicher

Check out the real facts in the Biden-Palin debate: VP Debate: Those Pesky Facts By Tommy Christopher Oct 3rd 2008 10:44AM Filed Under:eBreaking News, Joe Biden, Debates, 2008 President, Sarah Palin Ah, the morning after. You had a reckless … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: vp-debate

Does the Governor support uniform enforcement of the employment discrimination laws?

May 23, 2008 By bleicher

Last month the Governor annuouced a reduction in force at the Department of Labor and Workforce Development.  Aside from the fact that with the current economy, more folks may need assistance in this area, the Governor appears to have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: age-discrimination-employment

0.5% for the Kids- We need to Make Overrides History

April 4, 2008 By bleicher

How about "0.5% for the Kids" so we can preserve our local communties.  If we increase the income tax 0.5% and hardwire the extra $1Billion for distribution on a per child per district basis so that all benefit, we can make it possible … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: chapter-70, education, governor-patrick, massachusetts, overrides, property-tax-relief, seniors, taxes

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