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Americans exist in a Zombie state because they think our employer based healthcare system is acceptable or inevitable. Just because it's what we've always had doesn't mean we have to continue with an insanity where we keep chipping away at a broken syste...
No Brainer: Single Payer
23rd November 2009Americans exist in a Zombie state because they think our employer based healthcare system is acceptable or inevitable. Just because it's what we've always had doesn't mean we have to continue with an insanity where we keep chipping away at a broken syste...
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I just got off the phone with Chuck Pennacchio, who is our tireless facilitator here in Pennsylvania to spearhead the passage of Single Payer legislation. Perhaps we will be the first State in the Union to pass Single Payer, otherwise known as HB 1660/SB ...
Real People Need Real Healthcare
25th March 2009I just got off the phone with Chuck Pennacchio, who is our tireless facilitator here in Pennsylvania to spearhead the passage of Single Payer legislation. Perhaps we will be the first State in the Union to pass Single Payer, otherwise known as HB 1660/SB ...
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Our grassroots organizing campaign to get an economic impact study to pass HB 1660, a Single Payer, guaranteed healthcare program for all Pennsylvanians, also called "Family and Business Healthcare Security Act" has reached higher ground�as three separa...
Chuck Pennacchio Leads The Way To Healthcare Reform In Pennsylvania
20th February 2009Our grassroots organizing campaign to get an economic impact study to pass HB 1660, a Single Payer, guaranteed healthcare program for all Pennsylvanians, also called "Family and Business Healthcare Security Act" has reached higher ground�as three separa...
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I predict that Michael Moore's new movie, "Slacker," will lay the groundwork for an Obama/Biden Presidency. I am a great fan of Michael Moore. The movie, "SiCKO" changed my life. It did this by inspiring me to become a Community Activist/Organizer f...
Power To The People
30th September 2008I predict that Michael Moore's new movie, "Slacker," will lay the groundwork for an Obama/Biden Presidency. I am a great fan of Michael Moore. The movie, "SiCKO" changed my life. It did this by inspiring me to become a Community Activist/Organizer f...
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As a result of my involvement with the passage of HB 1660 here in Pennsylvania, I have learned many things. The burden that the health insurance companies place on employers is one of them. The fact that in five years, if Single Payer is not enacted...
Privately Delivered, Publically Funded
29th September 2008As a result of my involvement with the passage of HB 1660 here in Pennsylvania, I have learned many things. The burden that the health insurance companies place on employers is one of them. The fact that in five years, if Single Payer is not enacted...
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The Reverend Sandra L. Straus spoke at our Single Payer, Guaranteed Healthcare For All Forum one week ago. I've heard her speak several times and we have worked together on several Single Payer functions over the last few years. She gave me the copy...
Health Care Policy and Jesus
26th September 2008The Reverend Sandra L. Straus spoke at our Single Payer, Guaranteed Healthcare For All Forum one week ago. I've heard her speak several times and we have worked together on several Single Payer functions over the last few years. She gave me the copy...
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Last Thursday, September 18, 2008, Progressives For Pennsylvania held our second forum on the health care crisis in Pennsylvania. This time, the focus was on passing Pennsylvania's HB 1660 and SB 300, both of which would provide health care to all Pennsyl...
Single Payer : Good For The Health Of America
25th September 2008Last Thursday, September 18, 2008, Progressives For Pennsylvania held our second forum on the health care crisis in Pennsylvania. This time, the focus was on passing Pennsylvania's HB 1660 and SB 300, both of which would provide health care to all Pennsyl...
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As mentioned in the last article/blog entry, I am in the process of cleaning out my barn and picking through papers from the 1970's, 1980's and early 1990's. I came across a newspaper clipping of a story that caught my interest, followed by a letter to...
Memories In Boxes 20 Years Later
26th June 2008As mentioned in the last article/blog entry, I am in the process of cleaning out my barn and picking through papers from the 1970's, 1980's and early 1990's. I came across a newspaper clipping of a story that caught my interest, followed by a letter to...
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Pennsylvania is on the threshold of breaking new ground because of her Single Payer Universal Health Care initiative, HB 1660 and SB 300, which, if passed, will make health care available to every Pennsylvanian. Health Care For All PA is taking this in...
Pennsylvania: On The Forefront Of Single Payer Health Delivery
13th June 2008Pennsylvania is on the threshold of breaking new ground because of her Single Payer Universal Health Care initiative, HB 1660 and SB 300, which, if passed, will make health care available to every Pennsylvanian. Health Care For All PA is taking this in...
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The Democratic National Committee told us over the weekend of May 31, 2008 that our votes do not matter. People were stripped of their votes by half in Florida and four delegates were stolen from Hillary and given to Barak Obama in Michican. When Jimmy...
Leaving The Democratic Party
11th June 2008The Democratic National Committee told us over the weekend of May 31, 2008 that our votes do not matter. People were stripped of their votes by half in Florida and four delegates were stolen from Hillary and given to Barak Obama in Michican. When Jimmy...
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My grandmother was a suffragette. And today is her birthday. She'd be 115 today. Her name was Amelia Loving. I honor her memory this election season by raising my own consciousness regarding sexism in our society, especially rearing up now in the...
Boycotting MSNBC and Affiliates
25th May 2008My grandmother was a suffragette. And today is her birthday. She'd be 115 today. Her name was Amelia Loving. I honor her memory this election season by raising my own consciousness regarding sexism in our society, especially rearing up now in the...
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My name is Kate Loving Shenk of Nursing Career Transformation and a Staff Registered Nurse in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. As a Health Care Professional, I see people who are between jobs, who are in retirement, or starting a new business, or who want to g...
Pennsylvania On The Forefront Of Single Payer Health Delivery
28th March 2008My name is Kate Loving Shenk of Nursing Career Transformation and a Staff Registered Nurse in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. As a Health Care Professional, I see people who are between jobs, who are in retirement, or starting a new business, or who want to g...
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Gender and race in Politics: Is it real? Is it important? Is it a distraction? Is it a way to divide and separate people from important discourse and meaningful discussion? Or when someone blurts out a statement that is innocent enough, and then is ...
Misogyny Is Alive, But Never Well
25th March 2008Gender and race in Politics: Is it real? Is it important? Is it a distraction? Is it a way to divide and separate people from important discourse and meaningful discussion? Or when someone blurts out a statement that is innocent enough, and then is ...
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Much press is given aging Baby Boomers who send their children to college and in many cases, take care of their aging parents at the same time. In my own case, my mother died after a stroke after a two month decline in 1987. I just graduated from my Nu...
Health Care Delivery Nightmare
22nd January 2008Much press is given aging Baby Boomers who send their children to college and in many cases, take care of their aging parents at the same time. In my own case, my mother died after a stroke after a two month decline in 1987. I just graduated from my Nu...
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1) The government can't run anything. I don't trust the government. The current gang in Washington may be a good reason not to trust the government to do ANYTHING right. However, Medicare and Social Security are good examples of systems that run w...
We Need Universal Health Coverage In America NOW
24th July 20071) The government can't run anything. I don't trust the government. The current gang in Washington may be a good reason not to trust the government to do ANYTHING right. However, Medicare and Social Security are good examples of systems that run w...