Posts Tagged ‘consumer directed option’

Pat Quinn and the SEIU

November 4th, 2009 | No Comments

Rod Blagojevich, among other things, was accused of pay to play with SEIU.  He got ran out of the governor’s office. On September 14, 2009, Pat Quinn released this video: Quinn immediately signed an executive order allowing collective bargaining for in-home workers. Most of these workers are family who live in the home in the [...]

The Kentucky Poverty Task Force

September 22nd, 2009 | 2 Comments

I read a lot.  I work in social services.  I also live in the poorest Congressional District in the United States which is in one of the poorest states in the nation.  So, needless to say, I’ve seen poverty and deal with it rather regularly.  So, I took particular interest when I received this newsletter: [...]

Dealing with public options

September 15th, 2009 | No Comments

The concept of a “public option” in this current health care debate is not novel.  It’s not new.  It’s just taking what has been practiced in social service and medical care provision for decades and applying it to the insurance industry.  That’s all.  It’s also well-known that I oppose this.  Here’s a reason why I [...]

Tracking health care reform ( more looniness )

September 1st, 2009 | No Comments

A few people over at my favorite conspiracy board noticed this little line from the most commonly accepted health care reform legislation: National Medical Device Registry ‘‘(g)(1) The Secretary shall establish a national medical device registry (in this subsection referred to as the ‘registry’) to facilitate analysis of postmarket safety and outcomes data on each [...]