Entries Tagged as 'Health Care Policy'

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

…And The Hungry Can Always Dumpster Dive

Here’s one cribbed from the Yellow Sheet. John Shadegg was speaking at a cocktail reception put on by the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest. The group that claims to be searching for new ideas in health policy, but from what I’ve gleaned from the website, they are yet another big money group that doesn’t want […]

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

These Darned Kids Oughta Get Jobs Like the Rest of Us

As expected, the President vetoed expansion of the S-CHIP program this morning. His claim is that the program is too expensive.
So, here is my question: the previous congresses have spent so much money on pork barrel projects that even John McCain refered to them as “drunken sailors” (being a Navy man, McCain presumably knows what a […]

Sunday, July 8th, 2007

Who’s Writing Your Chants, Michael Moore?

The Chicago Fire hosted Toronto FC yesterday. Toronto sent a travelling contingent who are as rowdy as their fans are at home. The Toronto fans had a new chant to jeer the south of the border squad and their fans with:
We don’t have to pay for health care.

Thursday, March 8th, 2007

Update From Farley

What I like about Steve Farley’s newsletters is that they give me the chance to do a longer post with no actual work on my part. Thank you, Steve.
In his latest newsletter, Farley talks about Republican attempts to mess with, no, gut, no, abolish Health Care Group. Health Care Group provides an easy way for […]

Thursday, February 15th, 2007

Well, We’d Be All For Small Business If They Had Slicker Lobbyists Like Those Insurance Companies

When I was running for state legislature, I was interviewed by a couple of small business organizations.  One thing that they all seemed to support was Healthcare Group, a public-private partnership that offers small businesses a way to purchase health insurance for their employees. The program has been largely successful. Even though some initial funding came […]

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