feet on the street wednesday september 2
August 30, 2009
MoveOn.org has a —
Candlelight health care reform vigil scheduled in Hollywood California at Hollywood & Highland Wednesday September 2nd at 7:30 PM.
moyers & maher
August 30, 2009
Boy if one person can totally sum up the health care sitch in the U.S., that person is Bill Moyers. This interview with him by Bill Maher is about ten minutes long. It is also, if you are a U.S. citizen trapped in the snarl of health care politics, right now ten of the most important minutes you may spend in your life.
time for something fun
August 28, 2009
It is totally time for something fun. [Politics are fecking grueling ahhh!] Louis CK is totally fun. Yay!
We will return to universal health care shortly.
we are not out of lions
August 26, 2009
So, people keep asking, Who will champion universal health care now? Someone is championing universal health care now: Anthony Weiner.
:::anthony weiner:::
the liberal lion
August 26, 2009
Senator Edward Moore “Ted” Kennedy, 1932 – 2009
:::nytimes retrospective:::
where the art work comes from :
doug mills, nytimes
senator kennedy’s political works :
a nytimes video
senator kennedy’s cause :
universal health care speech
senator kennedy’s nytimes obituary :
edward kennedy, senate stalwart, dies
condition critical
August 25, 2009
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation —
Offers these five facts about the uninsured :
• Most of the uninsured are in working families and do not have access to employer-sponsored insurance.
• More than eight in ten of the uninsured are in low- or moderate-income families.
• Most low- and moderate-income uninsured adults are not eligible for Medicaid.
• The uninsured suffer from negative health consequences due to their lack of access to necessary medical care.
• Medical bills are a burden for the uninsured and frequently leave them with debt.
Additional facts from POV’S CRITICAL CONDITION site :
• 80% of the uninsured are adults. Young adults (ages 19-24) are at greatest risk of being uninsured and make up more than one of every three uninsured adults.
• The majority of uninsured adults (75%) have gone without coverage for a period of at least one year.
• The average total annual cost of employer-sponsored family coverage in 2007 was $12,106 — seldom affordable to low-wage workers without sizable contributions from their employers.
POV’s CRITICAL CONDITION site tallied up the costs of the uninsured :
• The lost productivity of uninsured Americans costs the economy up to $130 billion dollars a year — more than the estimated cost to cover the uninsured.
• Covering the bills of the uninsured increases the annual health premiums for the average family by $922.
• Hospitals typically charge uninsured patients 2.5 times what they charge privately insured patients.
• Uninsured adults are 4.5 times more likely to go without medical care than insured adults.
• Uninsured cancer patients are nearly twice as likely to die within five years as insured patients.
• Over half a million Americans are currently battling cancer without insurance.
• Among non-elderly adults, the lack of health insurance is the sixth leading cause of death in America.
where that info comes from :
those links and that info comes from bill moyers
where the art work comes from :
that is from pictures of detroil
republicans, religion and the triumph of unreason
August 22, 2009
“18,000 US citizens die every year needlessly, because they can’t access the care they require. That’s equivalent to six 9/11s, every year, year on year. Yet the Republicans have accused the Democrats who are trying to stop all this death by extending healthcare of being “killers” – and they have successfully managed to put them on the defensive.”
:::read the entire article:::
where that article comes from :
that is from johann hari at the independent
cartoon day yay!
August 22, 2009
Okay not totally cartoon day, but still, a cartoon. Yay!
