Despite what some may think, I was not around for the Dred Scott decision. That aside, I had comforted myself that the Supremes could not make a worse ruling than the one that gave us Bush the lesser.
I was wrong, horribly so.
We are now the only developed country in the world that allows corporations to [...]

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You have been sold down the river. So have we all.
We need to differentiate between healthcare reform and tinkering with health insurance. Yes, there is a difference. The entire burlesque these past few months has revolved around the tinkering.
A handful of congressmen offered HR 676, Medicare-For-All. That represents reform. All of the rest of our [...]

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This is not a prediction. It is only what I see as an optimistic scenario.
What’s going to happen with healthcare reform in Congress? Your guess is as good as mine. Because there is no leadership, no one knows what the outcome will be.
We do know a few things, however. Since it was given away before [...]

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Time’s up. The Goliaths of our healthcare system have stepped over the line. They told us how intelligent they think we are. It didn’t sound like a compliment.
They told Obama with a straight face that they had a plan to help him get the reform he wants. They had their fingers crossed. They are staging [...]

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