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Poll: Small Business Owners Support Progressive Policies

September 22, 2013

STEPHEN MICHAEL - On August 19, 2013, the Main Street Alliance of Oregon released their most recent report, Voices of Main Street, which challenges conventional perceptions of rural small business owners’ thoughts on key policy issues. It details responding business owners’ views on economic, tax, immigration and health care issues facing Oregon and the...

Tags: "single payer" system, Affordable Care Act, corporate tax code, health care, immigration policy, local banks, Medicare for All, rural small business owners, Stephen Michael, Supreme Court Citizens United decision, Wall Street banks
Posted in Big Picture, September 2013 | No Comments »

Shocking Revelation: U.S. Health Care System Wastes More Money than the Entire Pentagon Budget Annually

February 20, 2013

DR, JOSEPH MERCOLA - A review of U.S. healthcare expenses by the Institutes of Medicine1 has revealed that 30 cents of every dollar spent on medical care is wasted, adding up to $750 billion annually.

Tags: alternative medicine, America's healthcare system, Dr. Joseph Mercola, health care, U.S. healthcare expenses, U.S. healthcare waste
Posted in Analysis, February 2013 | No Comments »

Tax Time and Time to Re-Imagine Our Broken Food System

April 21, 2012

DR. WILL TUTTLE - "organic foods are not only not subsidized, but organic growers are actually penalized by being forced to pay large amounts of money to have their products certified as organic"

Tags: agribusiness, food economy, GMO, health care, monocrop, Organically Grown Food, sustainability, USDA, Will Tuttle
Posted in Analysis, April 2012 | 1 Comment »

Government Health Care OK For Politicians But Not Us

February 17, 2012

JESSE JACKSON - Republicans on the campaign trail denounce Obama’s health-care reforms as a virtual threat to the Republic. It’s “socialized medicine,” “a job killer,” “a government takeover of health care.” All the Republican candidates for president promise to repeal it, and Republican legislators are virtually united in trying to do so.

Tags: costs, health care, hypocrisy, medicare, millionaires, poor, premiums, Rich, socialized medicine
Posted in Big Picture, February 2012 | 1 Comment »

The Meagerness of the Republican Debates, the Smallness of the President’s Solutions, and the Need for a Progessive Alternative

October 30, 2011

ROBERT REICH - Republicans are debating again tomorrow night. And once again, Americans will hear the standard regressive litany: government is bad, Medicare and Medicaid should be cut, “Obamacare” is killing the economy, undocumented immigrants are taking our jobs, the military should get more money, taxes should be lowered on corporations and the rich,...

Tags: economic crisis, education, health care, middle class, national defense, Occupy movements, political money, poor, progressive, regressive, Rich, social security, taxation
Posted in Big Picture, October 2011 | 1 Comment »

Do We Have Our Priorities Straight?

September 18, 2011

BETSY CRITES - What do Durham and Afghanistan have in common? We are worlds apart, but we both have people who need jobs, health care, schools, transportation and sewers, and help for our homeless, elderly and hungry. Neither of us is getting our critical needs met in part because a war neither of us...

Tags: Afghanistan, Durham NC, economy, education, health care, hospitals, human rights, peace
Posted in Analysis, September 2011 | No Comments »

Defense Cuts? Military Cuts? Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off!

May 15, 2011

DAVID SWANSON - The New York Times has posted seven super-short columns on how to cut the U.S. military. All seven seem to support cutting the military in one way or another. That's excellent, and I don't mean to complain, but . . . .

Tags: benefits, budget cuts, health care, military, pension, Pentagon, retirement, spending, war
Posted in Analysis, May 2011 | 1 Comment »

This is What #1 Looks Like

April 29, 2011

DAVID MORRIS - For Republican presidential candidates the phrase “American Exceptionalism” has taken on almost talismanic qualities. Newt Gingrich’s new book is titled, A Nation Like No Other: Why American Exceptionalism Matters. “America the Exceptional” is the title of a chapter in Sarah Palin’s book America by Heart.

Tags: America, Ayn Rand, CEO, child welfare, Exceptionalism, GDP, health care, homelessness, infant mortality rates, military spending, murder rates, Newt Gingrich, poverty, Social programs, working poor
Posted in April 2011, Big Picture | 1 Comment »

People’s Budget Reflects Public’s Desires

April 21, 2011

JEFREY SACHS - Just when it seemed that all of Washington had lost its values and its connection with the American people, a bolt of hope has arrived. It is the People's Budget put forward by the co-chairs of the 80-member Congressional Progressive Caucus.

Tags: American democracy, benefits, Congressional Progressive Caucus, Fair Budget, health care, middle class, Paul Ryan, Peoples Budget, poor, President Obama
Posted in April 2011, Big Picture | No Comments »

Analysis of the FY 2011 Federal Budget Agreement

April 18, 2011

JO COMERFORD - Six months after the start of the current fiscal year (FY2011), congressional leaders and President Obama have reached agreement on a budget for the second half...

Tags: budget, education, health care, high speed rail, housing, military spending, Non-Security Cuts, taxes, transportation, urban development, veterans
Posted in April 2011, Big Picture | No Comments »

Poll: Health Care, Social Security Rated as Top Budget Priorities

December 2, 2010

BY ANGUS REID PUBLIC OPINION - As a new Congress prepares to take office in January, Americans believe that Health Care and Social Security should account for a large proportion of the country’s next budget, a new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll has found. Health Care (9.9%) and Social Security (9.9%) were the...

Tags: Angus Reid Public Opinion, combat national defense, health care, international affairs, social security
Posted in Big Picture, Dec. 2010 | No Comments »

OPW, Allies Meet with Congressman Kurt Schrader

November 30, 2009

PETER BERGEL: On November 9, a delegation organized by Oregon PeaceWorks met with Oregon’s 5th District congressional representative Kurt Schrader. On the agenda were the wars in the Middle East, global warming and health care. The meeting included representatives from OPW, Veterans for Peace, 1000 Friends of Oregon, Fellowship of Reconciliation and Physicians for...

Tags: Afghanistan, global warming, health care, Israel, Kurt Schrader, Palestine, Peter Bergel
Posted in Archive, Dec/Jan 2009 | 1 Comment »

Letters to the Editor

November 1, 2009

LETTERS: This month's letters include: 1) Drug and Insurance Companies Run DC by Ed Hemmingson; and 2) Schrader Responds re: Afghanistan by Rep. Kurt Schrader.

Tags: Afghanistan, Drug, Ed Hemmingson, health care, HR 2346, insurance, Kurt Schrader, Obama, Schrader, waste
Posted in Archive, Nov 2009 | 1 Comment »

We Were Arrested for Speaking

November 1, 2009

DAVID SWANSON: The president was holding a press conference inside the White House fence with a bunch of doctors who oppose serious healthcare reform. Donna Smith, star of Michael Moore's "Sicko", was standing next to me and telling me that every patient who had appeared in that movie had determined that the healthcare...

Tags: David Swanson, health care, Park Police, protest
Posted in Archive, Nov 2009 | No Comments »

Dolores Huerta Brings Her Message to Salem

November 1, 2009

PETER BERGEL: Legendary labor organizer Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Worker Union (UFW) with Cesar Chavez, was the Salem Peace Lecture speaker this year. She spoke at Willamette University on October 21. She also spoke with The PeaceWorker and other alternative news media. This is a summary of her message from the...

Tags: abortion, Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, foundation, health care, immigrants, non-violence, racism, Salem Peace Lecture, UFW, United Farm Worker Union
Posted in Archive, Nov 2009 | 1 Comment »

When “Public Options” Serve the Public — and When They Don’t

October 1, 2009

LAWRENCE S. WITTNER: Currently, there is nothing more controversial in President Barack Obama's health care reform proposal than the "public option." Much of the controversy, of course, has been generated by private insurance companies, determined to safeguard their hefty profits, and by Republican politicians, eager to destroy anything that might redound to the benefit...

Tags: dictatorship, health care, Lawrence S. Wittner, Public option, un-American
Posted in Archive, Oct 2009 | No Comments »

Beltway Bulletin

October 1, 2009

PHIL CARVER: This month's Beltway Bulletin includes: 1) Ending the Afghanistan War; 2) The Health Care Bill; 3) Debunking Climate Change Deniers; and 4) More Information.

Tags: climate change, co2, George F. Will, GHG, health care
Posted in Archive, Oct 2009 | 1 Comment »

The Incredible Shrinking Health Care Reform

September 1, 2009

NORMAN SOLOMON: Like soap in a rainstorm, "health care reform" is wasting away.

Tags: glide path, health care, health care reform, health insurance, healthcare reform, Medicaid, Norman Solomon, Obama, preexisting condition, Public option, public plan
Posted in Archive, Sept 2009 | No Comments »

Baucus Commits Medical Malpractice — Arrests Doctors

July 1, 2009

Baucus has single-payer advocates arrested and removed, including doctors and nurses.

Tags: Baucus, health care, John Nichols, Margaret Flowers, single-payer, The nation
Posted in Archive, July 2009 | No Comments »

Posts Tagged ‘ health care ’

Poll: Small Business Owners Support Progressive Policies

Shocking Revelation: U.S. Health Care System Wastes More Money than the Entire Pentagon Budget Annually

Tax Time and Time to Re-Imagine Our Broken Food System

Government Health Care OK For Politicians But Not Us

The Meagerness of the Republican Debates, the Smallness of the President’s Solutions, and the Need for a Progessive Alternative

Do We Have Our Priorities Straight?

Defense Cuts? Military Cuts? Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off!

This is What #1 Looks Like

People’s Budget Reflects Public’s Desires

Analysis of the FY 2011 Federal Budget Agreement

Poll: Health Care, Social Security Rated as Top Budget Priorities

OPW, Allies Meet with Congressman Kurt Schrader

Letters to the Editor

We Were Arrested for Speaking

Dolores Huerta Brings Her Message to Salem

When “Public Options” Serve the Public — and When They Don’t

Beltway Bulletin

The Incredible Shrinking Health Care Reform

Baucus Commits Medical Malpractice — Arrests Doctors

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