Adding salt to the wound is more news about AIG's bonuses.  It's absolutely breathtakingly audacious that a conglomerate which helped turn our economy into the train wreck that it is, is able to use bailout money to pay bonuses to the … [Read more...]

Ellen Fitzpatrick, a historian and author, was on the side of going with the brand, that "Few will feel in much doubt, for instance, about where Joe Kennedy or his politically engaged cousins would stand on the need for sweeping healthcare … [Read more...]

In 1995, the year I started going to DC (volunteer) to fight for services and entitlements for people with development disabilities, Congress enacted a rules change on Medicaid, moving it from a "fee for service" plan to a capitated, … [Read more...]

It's difficult to get enthusiastic about a public option when one considers just how economy-sensitive our current programs are and how politics will influence outcomes.  In an economic downturn- services can and will be cut. … [Read more...]

It was reported that Senator Mel Martinez, a Republican senator from Florida, will be resigning; he has two years left in his term.  It was previously reported that he would not run for re-election after his first term.  Martinez … [Read more...]

This is my theory: A reasonably healthy two party system ensures the tension needed to get the best results for the weak, disenfranchised and often voiceless - the poor, sick, elderly, children and disabled.  This tension - this drive … [Read more...]

Also, losing continuing care beds could exacerbate an ongoing problem in which patients may get stuck on medical floors or in emergency rooms as they wait for continuing care beds to open up. Colleen Doherty, executive board member of … [Read more...]

Let us pray for the man who was killed and his family, as well as for the person who was wounded. I don't understand how anyone could commit such a crime in a place that speaks peace and love to hate.   "There are none so blind as … [Read more...]

This great, heartwarming story (on the front page) explains that Perkins is the "oldest school in the United States for young people who are blind," with both day students and resident students.   I found this wonderful story … [Read more...]