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Category Archives: Health Care & Medicare
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
What Does It Cost?
Republicans have once again been reborn as deficit hawks. It happens every time a Democrat is elected president. Republicans are hoping with a 50/50 senate they can stop some if not all of President Biden’s investment in America infrastructure … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa, Covid-19, Education, Health Care & Medicare
Tagged austerity, long haulers, real costs, Viet Nam War
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Hardly A Surprise, Was It?
I have no idea why anyone was surprised that the current President of the US lead an insurrection against our government Wednesday. He has been calling for the insurrection for weeks. His calls for violence against the system have been … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2022 Election campaign, Charles Grassley, Covid-19, Health Care & Medicare, Republican Policy, Trump
Tagged insurrection, Republican acquiesence, Republican cowardice
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Matt Tapscott Iowa Senate District 28
Last spring a most interesting move took place. Incumbent Iowa state senator Michael Breitbach announced his retirement. District 28 is in Iowa’s very northeast corner, bordering both Minnesota and Wisconsin. While many might think the district is rural and therefore … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 election campaign, Health Care & Medicare
Tagged child care, Iowa legislature 2021, Iowa Senate District 28, Matt Tapscott, northeast iowa corner
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Iowa Needs Rhonda Martin For State Senate
District 20 Candidate Faces Brad Zaun Donate here One of the most extreme right members of the Iowa legislature is State Senator Brad Zaun of Iowa’s 20th senatorial district in the northwest portion of Polk County. Zaun has been … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 election campaign, Environment Iowa, Health Care & Medicare, Iowa Legislature
Tagged Brad Zaun, Iowa Senate District 20, Rhonda Martin
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