Archive for July, 2007
The RX From “SiCKO:” More Choice
Monday, July 2nd, 2007The RX From “SiCKO:” More Choice By Dean Baker t r u t h o u t Columnist Monday 02 July 2007 The pundits are working overtime trying to defuse the message from “SiCKO,” Michael Moore’s new film. They are trying to convince the public that the United States could not possibly do what every […]
Massachusetts Universal Care Plan Faces Hurdles
Monday, July 2nd, 2007from the New York Times July 1, 2007 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/01/health/policy/01insure.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin Massachusetts Universal Care Plan Faces Hurdles By PAM BELLUCK BOSTON, June 30 — With the mandate that everyone in Massachusetts have health insurance taking effect on Sunday, more than 130,000 people — about a third of those who were uninsured a year ago — now have […]
Moore and SiCKO Are a Hit at Congress
Monday, July 2nd, 2007from ALTER NET http://www.alternet.org/story/54898/ Moore and SiCKO Are a Hit at Congress By Brian Beutler, Media ConsortiumPosted on June 22, 2007 It’s ironic, but outside of hospitals and day care centers, perhaps the best place to acquire some kind of illness on Wednesday in Washington, D.C., was at Michael Moore’s press conference on Capitol Hill. […]