Some recommended links on health care: (1) “Blue Dog” Democrats Are Nothing But Corporate Tools (2) How Private Health Insurance Works (More Accurately, How It Doesn’t Work.) (3) Medicare Took Less Than A Year To Implement In The ’60s (4) Health Insurance Industry + Right Wingers Will Stop At Nothing To Destroy Health Care Reform [...]

One of the big talking points of those trying to kill health care reform so that the private health insurance industry can continue to make huge profits (and yes, that’s their main concern) is that the public option for health care will move us towards a “Canadian style health care system.” The problem with this [...]

Senator Orin Hatch (R-Utah) was on CBS this morning repeating all of the Republicans tired lies about health care. He actually claimed that the US has the best health care system in the world! It’s amazing that they keep telling that lie. America is actually ranked #37 in the world according to the WHO. We [...]

Right now there’s a really awful advertisement coming up on this website (the ads are served by Google, so I don’t pick them myself, for anyone wondering) that I feel I must respond to in case anyone thinks I support it’s message. This is an advertisement for a website called “Say No To Pot” which [...]

Watch Sicko to get an understanding of what’s going with health care in the US. Our health care system is broken because of the corrupting influence of the private health insurance companies’ enormous power. Their only motive is profit, not health care. Yes, there are many countries all around the world who have a far [...]

From Bill Moyers Journal: The full interview is up now: click here for the full video on the official PBS website.

I’m really tired of hearing about “bi-partisanship.” When one party wants to do nothing but kill health care reform (the Republicans) then there’s no need to even consider their input. The Democrats focus should be on fixing our horrible health care system, not on playing politics. It’s clear that any health care reform that doesn’t [...]

1. Real Clear Politics – Sarah Palin is unfit for office. Consider this scary thought: Sarah Palin in the White House! 2. Mother Jones – Health Care In The United States Is Terrible. Too many (completely disconnected from reality) people think that the US health care system is currently better than that of countries such [...]

The big lie from the Republicans on health care reform is that a “public option” will cost a lot of money. The truth is that in the long run it will actually save our country a huge amount of money while improving our health care results. Take a look at this chart: (click to enlarge.) [...]

That’s what Portugal did. They decriminalized the use of all drugs in 2001 and they’ve seen drug use rates drop in the last 8 years since the policy has been put in place. Making drug users into “criminals” hasn’t worked. A person who chooses to smoke marijuana or snort cocaine shouldn’t be considered a criminal [...]