Saturday November 7, 2009, 6:38 am
If this is true, then it would be a disaster.

Saturday November 7, 2009, 6:47 am

Oh, it's true, Charmaine . . . 
"This Republican alternative could not be worse if you simply invited all the top insurance CEOs into a room and let them write it (of course, that’s probably not far from what actually happened). For those who can’t currently afford insurance, here’s what the Republicans are saying to you: tough. That’s right. No tax credits to help. No subsidies. No regulations to reduce costs. Nothing but: 'You are on your own.' "

Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-bhargava/the-gop-health-care-plan_b_346627.html&cp

Saturday November 7, 2009, 6:27 pm
The medical insurance companies are "too big to fail."...at least that's what I think is behind all this lousy work on healthcare reform. Aren't there enough examples of successful health programs around the world that we can emulate, even if we take the best practices from several and create a whole new one? Healthcare reform is only as difficult as the health insurance companies and the far right-wing want it to be.