Health Insurance

Rockin’ Health Care Reform Rally At Westlake Park In Seattle, Washington With Rep. Jim McDermott and Rev. Leslie Braxton On September 3rd, 2009.

We Are Not Alone and We Are Not Afraid To Stand Up For Our Rights. We Are The Real Majority And We Will Not Be Silent! This Is A Moral Issue!
Get Up Stand Up Stand Up For Your Rights!

“Health Care Is A Fundamental Right, Not A Privilege.” ~Sir Edward Moore Ted Kennedy~

It’s Not Okay For Health Insurance Companies To Make A Profit Off Of People, Especially When They’re Sick Or Injured. Freedom Of Speech Means The Freedom To Disagree.

‘Insurance Man’ Song By The One And Only
R.A. & Rhythm Toys ~ ratherythmtoys @ myspace.

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April 5, 1993 http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FChristopher-Hitchens%2Fe%2FB000APSKR0%3Fqid%3D1278211708%26sr%3D1-2-ent&tag=doc06-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325

Watch the full program: http://thefilmarchived.blogspot.com/2010/08/christopher-hitchens-on-first-100-days.html

The Clinton health care plan was a 1993 healthcare reform package proposed by the administration of President Bill Clinton and closely associated with the chair of the task force devising the plan, First Lady of the United States Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Bill Clinton had campaigned heavily on health care in the 1992 U.S. presidential election. The task force was created in January 1993, but its own processes were somewhat controversial and drew litigation. Its goal was to come up with a comprehensive plan to provide universal health care for all Americans, which was to be a cornerstone of the administration’s first-term agenda. A major health care speech was delivered by President Clinton to the U.S. Congress in September 1993. The core element of the proposed plan was an enforced mandate for employers to provide health insurance coverage to all of their employees through competitive but closely-regulated health maintenance organizations.

Opposition to the plan was heavy from conservatives, libertarians, and the health insurance industry. The industry produced a much-talked-about television ad, “Harry and Louise”, in an effort to rally public support against the plan. Democrats, instead of uniting behind the President’s original proposal, offered a number of competing plans of their own. By September 1994, the final compromise Democratic bill was declared dead by Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell. Opponents of the plan continued to deride it in future years as “HillaryCare.”

Before President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in March 2010, the United States was the only wealthy, industrialized nation that did not provide some form of universal health care, other than Medicare. Although the United States has never had a universal health care system, it does have certain publicly funded health care programs that help to provide for the elderly and disabled (via Medicare), military service families, veterans (via the Veterans Health Administration), and some of the poor (via Medicaid), and children via S-CHIP. Additionally, federal law guarantees public access to emergency services regardless of ability to pay. Bill Clinton had campaigned heavily on health care in the 1992 election. The 1993 Clinton health care plan is sometimes called “HillaryCare” by opponents.

Hart declined to run for re-election to the Senate, leaving office when his second term expired with the intent of running for president again. In January 1987, he was the clear frontrunner for the Democratic nomination in the 1988 election.

Hart officially declared his candidacy on April 13, 1987. Rumors began circulating nearly immediately that Hart was having an extramarital affair. In an interview that appeared in the New York Times on May 3, 1987, Hart responded to the rumors by daring the press corps: “Follow me around. I don’t care. I’m serious. If anybody wants to put a tail on me, go ahead. They’ll be very bored.” The Miami Herald had been investigating Hart’s alleged womanizing for weeks before the “dare” appeared in the New York Times. Two reporters from the Miami Herald had staked out his residence and observed a young woman leaving Hart’s Washington, D.C., townhouse on the evening of May 2. The Herald published the story on May 3, the same day Hart’s dare appeared in print, and the scandal spread rapidly through the national media. Hart and his allies attacked the Herald for rushing the story into print, claiming that it had unfairly judged the situation without finding out the facts. Hart said that the reporters had not watched both entrances to his home and could not have seen when the young woman entered and left the building. The Miami Herald reporter had flown to Washington, D.C. on the same flight as the woman, identified as Donna Rice. Hart was overwhelmed with questions regarding his views on marital infidelity. His wife, Lee, supported his position that the relationship with the young woman was innocent. A poll of voters in New Hampshire for the New Hampshire Primary showed that Hart’s support had dropped in half, from 32% to 17%, placing him suddenly ten points behind Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis.

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White House Senior Adviser David Axelrod talks to CNN on the morning after the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy. Axelrod shares memories about Kennedy and his remarkable career in the Senate, and comments on where the health care reform plan stands in the wake of his passing.

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The Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority, an Innovations in American Government Finalist, presented before the National Selection Committee in May 2009. The program is an independent Massachusetts agency which implements many of the provisions of the states landmark 2006 health care reform law.

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Countdown with Keith Olbermann, MSNBC, 10-9-2009

Lawrence O’Donnell, hosting
Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL), guest

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Ted Kennedy Speaking About Health Care In 1978.
Health Care Is A Right Not A Privilege.
It’s Time For The Party Of NO To Get On Board And Show Your Allegiance To The American People And Not To Corporate Health Care Providers And Big Drug Companies.

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In December, Senate Democrats led historic Senate passage of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, delivering on the cause of Senator Kennedys life. The Senate is currently working with the House and President Obama to secure a final bill through both chambers of Congress.

The video includes archival footage of Senator Kennedy as well as Presidents Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson and Barack Obama discussing the need for comprehensive health reform through the years. Each leader’s work to extend health coverage to more Americans is highlighted. Decades-old clips and recent interviews with Senator Kennedy’s colleagues look back at what he described as the cause of his life: making health care a fundamental right for all Americans.

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Fraternities & Roosevelt’s racism:

http://libertariannation.org/a/f12l3.html

http://www.reason.com/news/show/36650.html

Standard bill:

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0843/is_n5_v18/ai_12644722/

http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3468300566.html

FDA:

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/02_37/b3799028.htm

Inter-state restrictions:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203550604574360923109310680.html

HMOs & Medicare:
http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=2819

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The Auto Insurance Fraud Task Force, an Innovations in American Government Finalist, presented before the National Selection Committee in May 2009. This collaborative effort of the Lawrence Police Department has reduced vehicular insurance fraud and has saved city residents over $15.5 million in annual insurance premiums.

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What if you already have health insurance through your employer? What does health care reform have to offer YOU?

This isn’t about “other” people. It’s about you and your family.
It’s about your future.
You’ve probably noticed that premiums are skyrocketing.
Theyve doubled in eight years, and theres no end in sight.
But you’re also paying a price in ways that arent so obvious.
If you have an employer plan, youre paying for it with lower wages.
Youre also being charged to cover people who don’t have insurance.
These costs are rising fast. But the potential costs you face are even more dangerous.
Hopefully, you wont suffer a major illness. But if you do, it could ruin you financially.
We often hear from people who are shocked to learn what their insurance does NOT cover.
Three-fourths of people who go bankrupt because of medical bills actually had coverage. [New York Times 7/1/09]
But let’s say you are satisfied with your insurance coverage.
How safe you are from losing it?
The answer for a lot of people is: Less safe than you realize.
This can happen if you lose your job, or you change jobs. Or maybe your employer stops offering health care.
Right now, more than 14,000 people are losing coverage every day. Families USA]
Every day.
When that happens, you and your family are at the mercy of the individual insurance market, which can turn down — or charge unaffordable premiums — to anyone they think might get sick.
All the problems I’ve described are getting worse.
They are affecting more people every day including people who thought they had nothing to worry about.
The hopeful news is that health care reform would protect you and your family.
Health reform would guarantee that you always have choices of quality, affordable coverage no matter what happens.
That’s whether you lose your job, get sick or switch jobs for any reason.
These aren’t rare events that only happen to “other” people. These things happen all the time.
They could happen to you.
And if they do, don’t you want protection you can count on?

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