If you decided to read the extended text, well, here's a relevant news item. Insurance companies are pouring money into Senator Baucus' coffers:Top out-of-state corporate contributors included Schering-Plough, New York Life Insurance, … [Read more...]
June 27th is Arlington National Healthcare Day of Service
Arlington National Healthcare Day of Service Saturday, June 27th 10am - 2pm - Come Tell Your Healthcare Stories - Learn About Healthcare Proxies - Sign Up for Arlington Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps - Send Postcards to Your … [Read more...]
Health Care for All is taken out of context (I hope)
Today's Boston Globe: Overseers of Massachusetts' trailblazing healthcare program made their first cuts yesterday, trimming $115 million, or 12%, from Commonwealth Care, which subsidizes premiums for needy residents and is the centerpiece … [Read more...]
Why A Public Option Is Not An Option
The public option is not an option... it is a necessity. The LA Times reports that insurance executives want to keep their right to drop sick people off the plan for stupid reasons. The industry calls this "rescission," and … [Read more...]
WORCESTER TEA PARTY THIS SATURDAY
The Worcester Tea Party is part of a national grassroots movement to protest out of control government spending and interference in the free market. It is a response to the usurpation and subversion of personal freedoms and free … [Read more...]
Target: Sacred Cows (Even the Successes?)
Authored by bipartisan leaders (including, full disclosure, my former boss, Speaker DiMasi), the bill required all sides to give - with a mandate that people get insurance, that most businesses provide it and that the state and feds pay big … [Read more...]
Walmart pretends it cares about healthcare
Wal-Mart is ramping up its Washington activity to push for comprehensive health care reform, and the world's largest retailer says it is ready to use its economic muscle to get out in front and influence the discussion. "We're willing to … [Read more...]
Access to Healthcare for People with Mental Retardation
The big deal is that there is an enormous gap in access to healthcare for people with mental retardation, a gap that widens even further with degree of disability. http://www.aafp.org/afp/200606... The U.S. Surgeon General of the US … [Read more...]
Hundreds rally at state house in support of home care workers
On April 1,home care workers joined 1199SEIU members, consumers, allies and elected officials to speak out for better wages, benefits, training options and state funding for a contract that improves home care in Massachusetts. Over 5,000 … [Read more...]
Jessica’s Story
Disclosure: I am an employee of Prescription Access Litigation Check out "Jessica's Story" Hi Everyone, I'd like to share with you a story that was recently posted on the Prescription Access Litigation (PAL) blog … [Read more...]
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