The rally was organized by Organizing for America, President Obama's group. I wasn't too excited about going, and at first it was dispiriting. The signs by the organizers said nothing about a Public Option, let alone a robust … [Read more...]
Sen. Kerry, Health Reform, and the Labor Day Rally
While I was waiting in line to get in, I passed out about 30 copies of the Sudbury DTC report "Single-Payer Universal Health Care—An Idea Whose Time Has Come". It was very well received, and I noticed the person in front of me … [Read more...]
The obstacles to single-payer health care.
POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS Many people reading this are no doubt familiar with the web site fivethirtyeight.com ("538 dot com" -- 538 was the number of electoral … [Read more...]
Single Players
First keyword. Vaccine aduvants http://www.google.com/search?h... Second keyword Immunity for big pharma http://www.google.com/search?h... Third keyword BARDA http://www.google.com/search?h... Fourth keyword zones of privacy … [Read more...]
Single Payer Amendment
Would one of you guys organizing for the single-payer amendment to the platform please explain why it seems so important to insert the single-payer language, rather than supporting Obama's public option, which would actually get us far down … [Read more...]
Misunderstanding universal vs. single-payer health care
Yeah, this paragraph on the coming health care debate is a non-sequitur:Harvard economists [they're not economists, they're docs -- how did I miss this?? Another mistake. -- Charley] David Himmelstein and Steffie Woolhandler have … [Read more...]
Campaign kickoff today
Today is the official beginning of my campaign for Congress. I will be speaking at five different locations across the district: 8 am -- Lancaster -- Sandee's Restaurant, 162 Main Street10 am -- Concord -- Emerson Hospital, 133 Old … [Read more...]
Vaccinations Against Childhood Disease More Accessible in Brazil than US
When I got to Brazil, I discovered that all of the medications that I needed but could not afford in the United States are available for free at all Brazilian government health clinics, even for visitors from the United States. In … [Read more...]
Health care: Germany vs. US (and me vs. Jay at the Herald)
Jay Fitzgerald at the Herald chortles that "All is not well in Utopia", since like many countries, Germany is indeed facing some serious problems in its health care system.And yet, and yet ... I'm just going to copy what I wrote at Jay's … [Read more...]