Showing posts with label Health Care. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Health Care. Show all posts
Thursday, July 19

Turning Polarity in Progress: How Progressives Can Win

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Having a divide along political lines is far from a new phenomenon. What we must never forget is that issues can unite us where politics di...
Thursday, March 25

Dear Mr. President: Learning from the Past

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Image via Wikipedia Dear President Obama, You promised change and you have begun to deliver on that promise. By signing the Health Care bill...
Monday, January 18

I Have a Dream: The Party Is Over

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In my years being involved in the political process, I believed that party membership had it's privileges. However today, I am convinced...
Monday, November 30

Krause, Fiegan, and Conlin: Grassley Challengers

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To the point that Roxanne Conlin entered the race to be the Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, scarcely a peep had been made by the state...
Thursday, November 12

Stimulus Monies Shore Up Safety Net on Iowa's Medicaid Recipients

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The Iowa Policy Project reports that the stimulus monies used for Medicaid in Iowa have been paying dividends. For every $1 that the state ...
Thursday, September 10

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Truth

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If happiness is so valuable (as our founders apparently felt it was to put it in the Declaration of Independence), it must be because it all...
Sunday, August 23

Dining Room Tables, Democracy, and Health Care Reform

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Unless you have been comatose, no doubt you have heard about Massachusett's Congressman Barney Frank's retorts to a woman at one of ...
Sunday, August 16

Key Democrat Throwing the Towel on Public Option for Health Care Reform

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According to CNN , Democratic Sen. Kent Conrad of North Dakota there are not enough votes in the Senate to put the public option on the tabl...
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Sunday, April 5

It Takes a Nation of Millions to Get Important Things Done

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With the national unemployment rate reported at 8.3% and states like California, Oregon, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Michigan in th...
Sunday, March 1

Sebelius a Good Second Choice

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As much as I personally wanted Gov. Howard Dean to be appointed to the Secretary of health and Human Services post, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius ...
Sunday, November 2

Condolences to Senator Dick Durbin and His Family

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Illinois senior Senator Dick Durbin's 40 year-old daughter, Chris, died yestersday after years of battling congenital heart disease. Chr...
Sunday, August 12

Health Care: The Issue for 2008

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American workers are by in large less entrepreneurial than other western countries and one reason may be health care costs. In 2006, employ...
Wednesday, July 11

Health Has No Fury

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On the light side...sort of...my sincere thanks to P-C opinion page editor Jeff Charis-Carlson for his editing prowess. Health Has No Fury ...
Tuesday, July 10

Iowa A Progressive Star State

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State Senator Joe Bolkcom's Networker reports: On June 14th, Progressive States Network and the Center for American Progress Action Fund...
Monday, July 9

It's Depressing!

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The most prescribed drugs by doctors, according to a new U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study are anti-depressants. The US ...
Saturday, June 16

Edwards Looking for Union Label To Help Campaign

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The Press-Citizen reports: Labor unions will play a key part in expanding the American middle class, Democratic presidential hopeful John Ed...
Friday, June 15

Iowa Outlook: Relatively Healthy

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Iowa is doing very well compared to other states in keeping people healthy the Commonwealth Fund's State Scorecard shows. It also points...
Sunday, June 10

Emergency funds Found to Save CHIP (HAWK-I) in Iowa

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Good Job Dave! From Rapid Response Iowa --Ironic that it takes an "emergency" to fund basic health insurance for kids while it is ...
Thursday, May 31

Michael Moore is a "Sicko"

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Go here and see a preview of his film about health care in America. It should stir up some conversation