Byron Dorgan's amendment to allow for drug reimportation failed this evening. The roll call certainly made for some strange bedfellows, though it does seem that some Yeas were illegitimate. The defenders of the PhRMA deal were forced … [Read more...]
Thank you Senators Kerry and Kirk for Supporting Immigrant Inclusion in National Health Reform
We now have an opportunity to right this wrong. We hope Senators across the country will follow the lead of Senators Kerry and Kirk by supporting Senator Menendez's Amendment 2991 and including tax-paying, legal immigrants in federal health … [Read more...]
Please let your legislator know we need Affordable Lifesaving Biogenerics
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...]
Whoppers Of The Week
And finally, speaking of gifts: The gift that keeps on giving -- Jeff Jacoby. One thing that's always baffled me is how racists think they can speak in "code" that nobody but other racists will understand. Jeff Jacoby, who once … [Read more...]
Remember the public option?
Discussion item #1: What do you think (outside the realm of the Senate race) about the possibility of a final reconciled bill w/o a public option? Discussion iten #2: One might be tempted to now ask each Senate candidate how they would vote … [Read more...]
Rep. Stephen Lynch: “Health Care is a Right, Not a Privilege”
Massachusetts Congressman -- and former union ironworker -- Stephen Lynch recently sat down with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers to talk about the labor movement and the status of vital pro-worker legislation -- like the … [Read more...]
Where have all the progressives gone on the biologics provisions in Health Care Reform?
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...]
An opportunity to fight back.
Let's join Keith Olbermann's effort to form a nationwide coalition to fight against the Health Care Industry's attack on the people of America. It will be interesting to see the ideas Olbermann brings to the table. If we can all … [Read more...]
Direct non-violent action for single payer
Mobilization for Health Care for All News Coverage … [Read more...]
Polling the Public Option
From the New York Times/CBS poll out Thursday evening: "Would you favor or oppose the government offering everyone a government administered health insurance plan -- something like the Medicare coverage that people 65 and older get -- that … [Read more...]