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Woman denied health insurance coverage after being raped

Gerardo Orlando — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:23:10 +0000

This kind of outrageous behavior from the insurance industry must be stopped. It’s strange to hear people express their fear of the government being involved in health care when we see the abuses byt the insurance industry. Private insurance companies care about profits – that’s it.

Christina Turner was drugged and raped by two men in 2002. After taking anti-HIV drugs prescribed by her doctor as a preventative measure, Turner was denied health insurance. The HIV drugs, Turner was told, raised too many health questions for her insurer.

Follow the link and watch the video. It’s stunning that we’ve been allowing this stuff to happen in this country.

Bob Dole calls out GOP obstructionists on health care

Gerardo Orlando — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:41:43 +0000

Bob Dole is stating the obvious, which is a very rare thing in Washington, particularly among Republicans.

Former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole (R-Kans.) told a group of local Kansas reporters on Wednesday, that opposition to the president’s health care package had been driven by knee-jerk partisanship and urged Congressional Republicans to get on board a version of reform.

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“Sometimes people fight you just to fight you,” he said, according to The Kansas City Star. “They don’t want Reagan to get it, they don’t want Obama to get it, so we’ve got to kill it…

We’ve also seen an AP poll today that shows a rebound in President Obama’s approval rating and the approval for health care reform, along with a score from the CBO that shows the Senate Finance bill would actually reduce the deficit by over $80 billion, which would give plenty of negotiating room for liberals who want to expand certain parts of the bill.

The status of the health care debate

Gerardo Orlando — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:15:07 +0000

Ezra Klein has an excellent summary of the health care debate and where it currently stands. He does a great job of separating the actual policy debates going on in Congress from some of the silly issues being argued by the public.

Does health care really need to be for-profit?

Gerardo Orlando — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:50:25 +0000

Wouldn’t a not-for-profit system work better, at least with respect to hospitals?

Ted Kennedy gives a rousing speech

Gerardo Orlando — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:40:41 +0000

Pretty impressive for a man with brain cancer. Ted Kennedy rose to the occasion and gave a great speech at the Democratic convention. His signature cause has always been universal health care. If voters care about that issue, the choice is clear in this election.

59% of doctors support universal health care

Gerardo Orlando — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:29:11 +0000

Most people assume that doctors are against universal coverage, but a recent poll shows the opposite.

“Many claim to speak for physicians and represent their views. We asked doctors directly and found that, contrary to conventional wisdom, most doctors support national health insurance,” said Dr. Aaron Carroll of the Indiana University School of Medicine, who led the study.

“As doctors, we find that our patients suffer because of increasing deductibles, co-payments, and restrictions on patient care,” said Dr. Ronald Ackermann, who worked on the study with Carroll. “More and more, physicians are turning to national health insurance as a solution to this problem.”