TRUE HEALT(Y) FACTS

09/28/2009

http://www.facebook.com/people/Pat-Curry/1557182627 #/album.php?aid=121977&id=124977986675&ref=nf

Pictures from the Doc's visit to the SK Tool Strike

09/28/2009

http://www.actblue.com/page/baucuspublicoption?refcode=hccw_baucus-e1-full

We're putting this hard-hitting ad on TV in Montana and DC -- pressuring Sen. Max Baucus to vote for the public health insurance option.

09/26/2009

The following ? was on a community Nursing exam this month:What did the Institute of Medicine recommend in 2004 in regard to one of the current political arguments in relation to health care? The Institute of Medicine recommended that all U.S. residents should have health insurance available to them by 2010. GIVE THE SENATE A C.H. NURSING TEXTBOOK!

09/23/2009

I'm sick of big insurance. Stop denying our care - public option NOW! http://is.gd/3pTKd

The insurance companies have a total stranglehold over health care. They make record profits. They make the decisions. They put profits before people and do so at our expense. And they’re giving ...

09/23/2009

http://pol.moveon.org/insurance_execs/?id=17285-2431259-59qVmDx&t=1

Who's looking out for Big Insurance?! Check out a new video from MoveOn, Will Ferrell, and a whole cast of great actors about those poor, misunderstood execs.

09/21/2009

Total health care spending in the United States grew 6.7 percent to $2.1 trillion in 2006 16 percent of the nation’s GDP For example…If food prices rose at same rate as medical costs since the 1930’s Dozen Eggs would now cost $85.08 Pound of Sugar $14.53 Roll of Toilet Paper $25.67 Pound of Butter $108.29 Pound of Coffee… $68.08 One Pound of Bacon… $129.94 Health Care REFORM NOW! PUBLIC OPTION NOW!!

09/21/2009

http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/reid_publicoption/?r_by=-2136217-EXsGHmx&rc=confemail1

A strong public option is overwhelmingly popular with the public, the House has the votes to pass a bill with a strong public option and President Obama says that he wants to sign a bill with a strong public option.

09/18/2009

"The Baucus bill is a gift to the insurance industry that fails to meet the most basic promise of health care reform It gives a government-subsidized monopoly to the private insurance industry to sell their most profitable plans without having to face competition from a public health insurer. Call Senator SchumerToday! Call 1-877-264-4226* If you have trouble try this alternative number 1-888-436-8427

09/15/2009

I SUPPORT OBAMA ON HEALTH CARE!!!Our health care system is broken. Forty-five million Americans don’t have health insurance and every day more are denied coverage because of pre-existing conditions or are priced out of the system by ...

09/15/2009

Only in America )-:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/health/15book.html?_r=1&th=&emc=th&pagewanted=print

An author’s trip around the world with a sore shoulder teaches a lot about the health care system in the United States.

09/14/2009

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/13/AR2009091302962.html

President Obama continues to face significant public resistance to his drive to initiate far-reaching changes to the country's health-care system, with widespread skepticism about central tenets of his plan, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

09/12/2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVgOl3cETb4

Here is a little song celebrating our position at #37 in the world in healthcare.