Posts Tagged ‘health care reform’

Interview on Cuba and Health Care

9, Feb 2010

Republicans called on the Obama Administration Friday to cancel migration talks with Cuba, currently set for Feb. 19. Though the arrest of an American contractor in Cuba sounds minor, the GOP continues to pounce on the specter of Cuban socialism as a means of inciting fear. Some facets of Cuban life, such as health care, [...]

Ad Embraces Racism to Fight Reform

7, Dec 2009

Andrew Sullivan points out an anti-health care reform television advertisement that uses a statistic regarding the health care debate as a way of deflecting concerns about racism and the need for broader health care changes. Not that opponents of health care reform are racists, of course, but this ad obfuscates on both issues.
Facing South, by [...]

Act Today for Reproductive Freedom

2, Dec 2009

With health care reform still on the minds of many, today is a national day of action for reproductive rights, reminds Viva La Feminista, an incredible resource.
Under the latest health care legislation discussion, an amendment sponsored by Reps. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) and Joseph Pitts (R-Pa.) will prevent low- and moderate-income women receiving subsidies from using [...]

Texans Rally for Health Care Reform

12, Nov 2009

A labor-led coalition has called a statewide rally for national health care reform on Saturday, Nov. 14 in Austin, Texas. The event happens 1-3 p.m. at the State Capitol.
Demands are all of those that national unions are demanding, including a strong public option, no taxes on union-won health care benefits and mandatory “pay or play” [...]

Stop Red-Baiting in Reform Debate

9, Aug 2009

The row over health care has been very nasty this last week, and shows no signs of getting nicer. All over AM talk radio and elsewhere, right-wing hosts rant against socialized medicine, while groups like FreedomWorks (the funding group behind the springtime tea party protests) gin up people to shout down politicians.
Now media attention is [...]

Discussing Health Care & Cuba Today

28, Jul 2009

Join me today on 90.1 KPFT Houston (stream here) when I talk with John Bachtell about two of the most significant challenges to the Obama Administration in the first half-year of his term: the campaign to derail health care reform and the efforts to halt U.S.-Cuba normalized relations. In our conversation, I expect to bring [...]


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