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Category Archives: Health Care & Medicare
Ron Klain: Talking Points for Thanksgiving
A day late, but keep it in mind because you will be running into right wingers throughout the holidays: Those are just the highlights. There is so much more.
Posted in Biden-Harris, Health Care & Medicare
Tagged big pharma, chip manufacturing in America, fighting inflation, handling the war in Ukraine, keeping NATO together after Russian invasion of Ukraine, rebuilding America, Republican extremism
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Thanks, Kids
As I write this we still don’t know who will be in power in Congress. Will Democrats retain control of the US House? Will they retain leadership in the US Senate? Or will the extremist Republican Party take control of … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 Election campaign, Climate Change, firearms, gun control, Health Care & Medicare, Republican Policy, womens rights
Tagged abortion, race, younger voters skew democratic
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Odd Accident Illustrates Need For Universal Health Care
An odd accident happened in Council Bluffs last week. As Jeremy Clingenpeel and his son were practicing with their bow and arrows for the upcoming bow hunting season an unfortunate accident happened that left the father, Jeremy, with an arrow … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care & Medicare
Tagged accident, universal health care
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Sanders, Warren Propose SS Increase
FDR 0 The New Bill of Rights (2 minutes) Something that has been lost in the incredible assault on America and American values that has been the center of our politics for the past decade or more is the vision … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 Election campaign, Health Care & Medicare, Medicare for all, SCOTUS, Social Security
Tagged Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, progressive values
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Issues
As we look at the upcoming election we ate that there are vast differences between the current two major parties on issues. Actually it should be noted that there is only one party in America today that is running on … Continue reading
Medicare Advantage???
Well it is that time of year when it seems like every Tom, Dick and Harry is cramming my mailbox, my computer and my TV screen with their so-called Medicare ADVANTAGE! programs. It is that time of year when the … Continue reading
Book Review: The Hidden History of American Healthcare
In The Hidden History of American Healthcare: Why Sickness Bankrupts You and Makes Others Insanely Rich, author Thom Hartmann returns to familiar themes of greed, racism and oligarchic corruption. He applies them to a system of healthcare that profits the … Continue reading
Posted in book review, Health Care & Medicare
Tagged book review, health care reform, healthcare, Hidden History, medicare, Medicare for all, oligarchy, thom hartmann
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We Could Use Some FDR These Days
Some days it would be nice to see some FDR channeled. His times were not that much different than today. But he was often more head on in his approach. Here is an FDR speech at the 1936 Democratic convention … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Action, Climate Change, Health Care & Medicare, Labor, working poor
Tagged FDR, Franklin Roosevelt
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Health Care About To Take A Beating
Wednesday United Health Care, the big behemoth in the health insurance industry, announce that it is cracking down on emergency room visits beginning on July 1st in 34 states. This includes Iowa. From an article in USA Today: UnitedHealthcare … Continue reading
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