Why I’m a Democrat

In light of the loss for marriage equality in Maine, and the touting by many on the right of the few off-season races won by Republicans, I’d like to take a moment to remind myself, and everyone else, why I am a Democrat and why being a Democrat is a great thing.

REASONS I [...]

Health Insurers: “We Will Raise Rates, Regardless”

On the Eve of the final committee vote on Health Care Reform in the Senate Finance Committee, the Health Insurance lobby (AHIP – America’s Health Insurance Plans) has released a propaganda-esque ‘report’ in conjunction with PriceWaterHouseCoopers. In an attempt to sway the vote, the report states that Insurance Companies will dramatically raise their [...]

The Widening Health Care Chasm

I’m posting these just to present some startling facts about the current state of Health Care in America. I’m not going to say anything else, the statistics and disparities really do speak for themselves. I really am hoping against hope that we can all somehow work together to fix our country.

The Irony of “Socialized Insurance”

Conservatives often state that they are philosophically opposed to the concept of government-run insurance, and use this philosophical stance to justify their opposition to public health care. But is that really the case? In 2007, Republicans broadly supported the expansion of a national government-run flood insurance, one that is both taxpayer subsidized and [...]

Buy Private Insurance or GO TO JAIL?!?

In the true spirit of the increasingly corrupt Baucus Bill, today the Senate Finance Committee debated an amendment that would have imposed CRIMINAL PENALTIES on those choosing not to buy private health insurance under the new mandate system. This outrageous proposition, put forth by a Republican Senator, comes one day after the Finance [...]

Republicans Support the Public Option!?!?

A recent poll out this weekend by CBS News and the New York Times shows MAJORITY SUPPORT for a Public Option by REPUBLICAN voters! By a margin of 47% to 42%, Republican voters support a Public Option as a component of Health Care Reform. In addition, a majority of Republican voters (51%) would OPPOSE a [...]

Standing up for Ourselves…

With all the shouting and name-calling from the vocal minority on the right, many conservative Democrats feel that they have to compromise on Health Care Reform. But what about what the true Left wants? We’re the ones who delivered both houses of Congress and the Presidency to the Democrats, yet it seems progressives [...]

YOU LIE!!! – Joint Session Drama

Okay, the media won’t SHUT UP about this, so I felt I needed to blog, which I guess contributes to the amount of coverage this gets. Damn.

Anyone else think Nancy Pelosi looked totally pissed shocked and appalled?
In case you don’t know, last night at Obama’s speech to the joint session of [...]

Obama Sells Out On Public Option

more about “Countdown:Public option fight“, posted with vodpod
It’s time to get ANGRY, people. Based on statements by White House staff, President Obama is no longer necessarily going to fight to keep the Public Option, protections for individuals with pre-existing conditions, a national health care exchange, or small business tax credits for health insurance. It [...]

Protesting Health Care Reform…

There has been a lot of speculation recently about those individuals who have been vocally protesting Health Care Reform in town-hall meetings nationwide. The right typically depicts these protesters as a grassroots movement based in the ideals of a free society. The left typically depicts the protesters as puppets of corporate America and the special [...]