My current Congressman is a conservative Republican… not so conservative that he falls into the wingnut category, but close. I’m what someone called a faint blue light in a sea of red. So I make a point to communicate with him fairly regularly, if only to remind him that he also represents people with views [...]
Posts Tagged ‘government-run health care’
Is anyone listening?
Posted in Current Events, Politics, Uncategorized, tagged government-run health care, health care debate, health care insurance, health care reform, health care system, health insurance, health insurance reform, Medicare, Medicare for Everyone, Medicare Part E on November 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Cognitive dissonance
Posted in Politics, tagged government-run health care, health care, health care reform, public option on August 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A number of news stories caught my eye in the last day or two.
Despite the fact that there are some 1300 health insurance companies in the US, Blue Cross Blue Shield is the behemoth, cornering more than 50% of the market in at least 16 states. The past decade has seen massive consolidation of health [...]
Misplaced rage?
Posted in Current Events, Politics, tagged change, fear of change, government-run health care, health care, health care debate, health care reform, Medicare, protests, single-payer, town hall meetings on August 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Watching the increasingly irrational arguments being shouted out at town hall meetings, I can’t help but wonder how the protesters can be so very detached from facts. Their anger seems to go far beyond the health care issue, and they are clearly not swayed by reason. I think there is another source of the rage, [...]
