Reform could mean end to state health care pool | StarTribune.com

Reform could mean end to state health care pool | StarTribune.com
An example of a casualty of reform -- but that would be a good thing. Interesting that insurance companies pay to subsidize this plan but refuse coverage for the same people.

Eugene Robinson - Eugene Robinson on our tolerance for health reform - washingtonpost.com

Eugene Robinson - Eugene Robinson on our tolerance for health reform - washingtonpost.com
A reminder of how personal this issue is and how that can screw up the politics and possibilities of reform as much as the self interest of insurance and drug companies. As the author says "Just as all politics is local, all health care is personal."

Should Single-Payer Activists Back Down? | Labor Notes

Should Single-Payer Activists Back Down? | Labor Notes

Some interesting thoughts here on the dilemma Labor and other single payer supporters have in the current political environment. Also, an interesting history lesson on how Medicare got passed.

Health Care Reform Bills in Progress

Health Care Reform 2009: No Bill is Better Than a Bad Bill - PNHP's Official Blog

Health Care Reform 2009: No Bill is Better Than a Bad Bill - PNHP's Official Blog: "After all of the political compromises along the way that have led to the introduction of the new bill (HR 3962), on the positive side we can say that it will introduce some limited reforms to the health insurance market, expand health insurance to some of the uninsured (primarily by expansion of Medicaid and by often-inadequate government subsidies to individuals and small employers for the purchase of private insurance); and help to address some other problems, such as the growing shortage of primary care providers.

But the negative side far outweighs the positive: Click Here to see them."

Stand Up For Health Care

t r u t h o u t | House Leaders Refuse To Reconsider Kucinich's Single-Payer Amendment

t r u t h o u t | House Leaders Refuse To Reconsider Kucinich's Single-Payer Amendment: "In a letter to supporters on Wednesday, Kucinich wrote, 'Thank you for all of your efforts on behalf of the Kucinich Amendment for a state single-payer option, which would protect the right of states to pursue a single payer health care system.

'Unfortunately, the House Leadership has rejected the many appeals on behalf of the amendment and will not reverse their decision, which removed the amendment from the bill. Therefore, the Kucinich Amendment for a state single payer option will not be included in the Manager's Amendment and is not in the bill which will come before the House soon.'"

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