Tag Archives: Universal Health Care

The REAL Death Panel : Congress Gutting Reform

Posted on November 22, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Photo by Mike Albans / AP.The real death panel:A requiem for true health care reform? By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog / November 22, 2009 It was ten years ago that I lost my wife who was … Continue reading →

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Health Care Naysayers : Please Get the Message

Posted on November 3, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Saying it all in sixty seconds:Health care reform is a human issue By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / Novemeber 3, 2009 I just saw a TV health care message that sensitively illustrates what is happening to too many … Continue reading →

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Divine Comedy : Joe Lieberman and the Hypocrites

Posted on October 31, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

The Hypocrites address Dante, from Canto XXIII of Divine Comedy, Inferno, by Dante Alighieri. Engraving by Gustave Doré from Pantheon Books edition / Wikimedia Commons.The Eighth Circle of Hell:Lieberman, Congress and health care reform Of course, Sen. Lieberman does not … Continue reading →

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Dr. Stephen R. Keister : The Public Option and the Public Good

Posted on October 25, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Graphic by patriotboy.Honesty, honor and universal health care We hear cries of woe about costs of universal care from the insurance-subsidized Republican members of Congress. Yet, these same folks have no problem with spending on foreign wars, of questionable need… … Continue reading →

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Health Care Reform and our Socialist National Parks

Posted on October 3, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Ken Burns’ “The National Parks: Our Best Idea.” Real health care reform is isn’t such a bad idea, either.Taking refuge in PBS’ series on our public parksWhile the Kabuki dance in Washington continues By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The … Continue reading →

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Health Care Blackjack : We Need an Ace from Obama

Posted on September 5, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

The Card Player by Pablo Picasso / MoMA Collection.The stakes are high:The President and health care reform I have great concern about whether the President will take a principled stand in favor of a true and unfettered public option. By … Continue reading →

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Rev. Jim Rigby : Why is Universal Health Care ‘Un-American?’

Posted on September 2, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Rev. Jim Rigby, pastor of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Austin, speaks at Austin rally for health care reform, Saturday, Oct. 29. Photo by Alan Pogue / The Rag Blog. I can’t believe I am standing today in a Christian … Continue reading →

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Austin : Thousands Rally for Healthcare; Teabaggers Call for Secession

Posted on September 1, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Health care supporters, Teabaggers rally in Austin, August 29, 2009. Photos by James Retherford / The Rag Blog.Healthcare rally draws over 2,000;Handful of Teabaggers call for secession Rev. Jim Rigby, pastor of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, pondered how it can … Continue reading →

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Storming the Bastille : Bidding Bipartisanship Adieu

Posted on August 31, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

“Prise de la Bastille,” painting by Jean-Pierre Louis Laurent Houel / Wikimedia Commons.Health care reform:To the barricades By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog / August 31, 2009 I fear that the average American, including myself, has a … Continue reading →

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Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Poster Child for Lousy Health Insurance

Posted on August 27, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Don’t mourn, organize:How I became a poster child for lousy private health insurance By Rabbi Arthur Waskow / The Rag Blog / August 27, 2009 For 25 years I have been a member of a private health insurance plan that … Continue reading →

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Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Healing Health Care NOW

Posted on August 19, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

The Healing Tree / Terry the Weaver.Healing Health Care:NOW or Never We who have with illness bled,Welcome to our gory bed,Or to victory! Now’s the time and now’s the hour;See approach proud Money’s power.Will we turn and flee? Big Pharma’s … Continue reading →

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Health Care Reform : Screeching to a Halt?

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Supporters of health care reform rally outside the office of Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida Republican. Photo from AP. Unhappily, the current situation is much more ominous than simply the denial of proper health care. The encouragement of mob violence by … Continue reading →

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