Know your options on the ballot. There is information out there.

Know your options on the ballot. There is information out there.

"What was really important to me was deciding about other independents,Democrats and Green Party candidates. I have a “close to my heart” list that includes things like single payer health care also known as universal health care or medicare for all.

We recently visited my in- laws in Canada, great couple. My sister in law has fought tooth and nail to become a truly dynamite woman. She remarried a few years ago to a wonderful man. He went for an annual physical a while back. It revealed a serious cardiac problem that required a quadruple by pass. In the United States this is a death sentence for some without really good insurance and deep, deep pockets or it means a lot of debt. For my brother in law it meant he got the surgery he needed and didn’t have to liquidate everything the family owned and still be in deep debt." 

Why You Should Vote Yes for Amendment 69, the ColoradoCare Health Plan | Westword

Why You Should Vote Yes for Amendment 69, the ColoradoCare Health Plan | Westword

Drinks, junkets and jobs: How the insurance industry courts state commissioners - The Washington Post

Drinks, junkets and jobs: How the insurance industry courts state commissioners - The Washington Post

From MN Health Watch:

MN Commerce Department and Health Insurance

The Washington Post article seems applicable to Minnesota and our State Commerce Department. With the latest increases in the state’s individual health insurance market it appears the Commerce Department just goes along with the health insurance industry. See the StarTrbune article link below. It’s time the Commerce Dept. stops catering to health insurance companies and starts working for the people of Minnesota. Our state government needs to step up to the plate and solve our healthcare financing crisis.

Help spread the word that is unacceptable to let the MN health insurance industry dictate how we finance our healthcare system!

Washington Post article
http://wpo.st/bBR22

Minneapolis StarTibune article
http://www.startribune.com/choices-shrinking-in-minnesot…/…/

Ailing Obama Health Care Act May Have to Change to Survive - The New York Times

Ailing Obama Health Care Act May Have to Change to Survive - The New York Times

Comments from Robert Reich:

"Obamacare faces a major test in the fourth annual open enrollment season, which starts on Nov. 1, a week before Election Day. In many counties, consumers will see higher premiums and fewer insurers -- as Aetna, Humana and UnitedHealth have backed out of the exchanges.

Make no mistake: An overhaul of Obamacare is coming, probably within the year. What will it look like? Three possibilities:

1. Trump and many other Republicans want to repeal it altogether and substitute – what? I keep hearing about a "block grant to the states," which is Republican shorthand for "kill it."

2. Some Democrats want to resuscitate a “public option” (remember that?) which would allow people to buy into a version of Medicare. Insurance lobbyists already are mobilizing to kill the public option, as they did when it was first considered as part of Obamacare.

3. The only sensible direction is a single-payer system. A public option could be a step toward it, but the single-payer must be on the table as well. It has large and growing support. Bernie's campaign helped educate the public about its importance -- and inevitability."

Why universal health care failed in Vermont

Why universal health care failed in Vermont

Devil’s in the Details in Vt. Health Care Reform

Devil’s in the Details in Vt. Health Care Reform

Of Two Minds - You Want to Fix the Economy? Then First Fix Healthcare

Of Two Minds - You Want to Fix the Economy? Then First Fix Healthcare