Long before anyone had been nominated or elected, the voters of 2008 had gotten one message across loud and clear: Fix our dysfunctional health care system! For obvious reasons (and big reasons that aren't so obvious), the leaders of 2009 must heed that call.
Note: Colorado, my home state, is hosting not just a tight presidential and U.S. Senate race, but also a battle over a series of progressive ballot measures that, if passed, would be landmark models for progressive economic campaigns in the future. read more »
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Insurance Company Rules were in full effect this week, from New Orleans to Pennsylvania to The Hamptons, as communities rallied to raise funds for ill friends. read more »
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After the Health Care for America Now coalition unveiled it's brilliant "Insurance Company Rules" video (below) -- elegantly depicting how insurance companies regularly try to make up rules as they go along to deny people coverage and benefits -- I decided to start a new feature: This Week In read more »
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The health insurance industry is launching a public relations and lobbying campaign today that is designed to convince people that they are on the side of reform even as they support a status-quo solution suspiciously similar to one pushed by Sen. John McCain and congressional conservatives. But a group of determined activists is making sure that people see through this smoke-and-mirrors show. read more »
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Netroots Nations participants have four clear priorities for the next president: ending the war in Iraq, addressing the global warming crisis, obtaining health care for all and clsing the growing gap between the rich and poor, according to a straw poll done by Democracy Corps and the Campaign for America's Future. read more »
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At Netroots Nation, I talked with Melinda Gibson of the Health Care for America Now coalition, soon after she debuted a new (and hilarious) video taking on the insurance companies in advance of an expected battle between the public interest and special interest. read more »
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David White’s personal experience galvanized him to action, which is why he was in Washington to appear at the Health Care for America Now! event at the National Press Club alongside representatives from labor and citizen activist groups. read more »
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