California's Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's health care plan was nothing more than forcing people to have some sort of insurance coverage which undoubtedly would have done nothing to promote the health of the people in that state.
Why?
Because the Health Insurance Industry is in the business of making sure they don't have to pay for your health care
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/012908HA.shtml
Single Payer health care delivery is the only option that makes any sense, and Pennsylvania has the best plan in the country, HB 1660 and SB 300.
www.progressives4pennsylvania.com
www.healthcare4AllPA.org
Thank you,
Kate Loving Shenk
Nursing Career Transformation
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Saturday, January 26, 2008
A Rose By Any Other Name
The Philosophy That Dare Not Speak Its Name -- or: The phrase that stops all serious discussion in American politics:
"Class warfare"
And yet...
"I spent 33 years and 4 months in active service as a member of our country's most agile military force--the Marine Corps. I served in all commissioned ranks from second lieutenant to Major General. And during that period I spent most of my time being a high-class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and for the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer for capitalism. I suspected I was part of a racket all the time. Now I am sure of it. Like all members of the military profession I never had an original thought until I left the service."
--Major General Smedley Darlington Butler, at the time of his death, the most decorated Marine in U.S. history
"Class warfare"
And yet...
"I spent 33 years and 4 months in active service as a member of our country's most agile military force--the Marine Corps. I served in all commissioned ranks from second lieutenant to Major General. And during that period I spent most of my time being a high-class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and for the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer for capitalism. I suspected I was part of a racket all the time. Now I am sure of it. Like all members of the military profession I never had an original thought until I left the service."
--Major General Smedley Darlington Butler, at the time of his death, the most decorated Marine in U.S. history
Thursday, January 24, 2008
And Here Are The Instigators!!!
Bush should not only be impeached, but all of his money should be taken away
and given back to the Iraqis.
At the link below is an amazing investigative compilation of -- are you ready for this? -- 935 occasions when top Bush administration officials, including Bush and Cheney, made false statements in order to support their agenda for war in Iraq, with Bush making the most false claims, according to MSNBC.
The website is non-partisan and as reputable as any you'll find. What to do with this information? That's up to each individual, but the pity and terror of it is universal.
Thanks to D.D.Delaney for alerting me to this information!
http://www.publicintegrity.org/WarCard/
and given back to the Iraqis.
At the link below is an amazing investigative compilation of -- are you ready for this? -- 935 occasions when top Bush administration officials, including Bush and Cheney, made false statements in order to support their agenda for war in Iraq, with Bush making the most false claims, according to MSNBC.
The website is non-partisan and as reputable as any you'll find. What to do with this information? That's up to each individual, but the pity and terror of it is universal.
Thanks to D.D.Delaney for alerting me to this information!
http://www.publicintegrity.org/WarCard/
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
The Single Payer Solution
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 Nurse Practitioner program and came
home on Father's Day.
This was the same day my mother had her stroke.
My father's gradual decline spanned over thirteen years. He had
Alzheimer's Disease and was in and out of consciousness for most of that time.
I dealt with Nursing Home administrators, and had to move him from one
nursing home to another when he "ran out of money."
These kinds of experiences where you feel powerless to help the one person
whom you love deeply from earliest memory, can teach lessons of surrender
and a giving up of all past memory for a simple acceptance of that
which is seen and unseen in this very moment.
My dad died seven years ago. I am reconciled with everything
that ever happened between us, and all members of my family.
Enter Marybeth Kuznik, Executive Director of Vote Pa. She is
dedicated to bringing voting (machine) reform to the state of Pennsylvania.
She was one of the people who went to Ohio for the final vote count in Ohio
in the 2004 election.
She verified what I have known since that time: G.W. Bush stole that election.
Marybeth and I met at the State Democratic Committee Meeting where
our group, Progressives For Pennsylvania, held our health care reform conference
in order to educate the State Democratic Party about HB 1660 and SB 300: The best
state single payer plan in the country, at this time.
The conference was a success! People are excited by the Bill. As Michael
Moore said in a recent conference call I was privileged to attend, the people
are ready for it. Getting it through the legislative process is the challenge.
We were collecting health care delivery nightmare stories, and Marybeth gave
us the most wrenching story I have ever heard, one that will soon be on You Tube
and on our website, Progressives 4 Pennsylvania, as well as our P4P blog.
Merle Kuznik, Marybeth's 89 year old mother, broke her right hip after
suffering a major stroke on her left side. The nursing home she was in, Wood
Haven Care Center in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, insisted that Merle Kuznik
apply for Medicaid to pay for expenses not paid by Medicare.
When the paperwork was not completed in a timely fashion, local Constables
showed up to her nursing home room, with guns visible but in their holsters,
and told her she would have to go to jail for 3 days, if she did not pay.
Marybeth, the savvy person that she is, went to KDKA TV and told the story,
which you all can view at the following link:
http://www.kdka.com/kdkainvestagators/woodhaven.merle.kuznik.2.628205.html">http://www.kdka.com/kdkainvestagators/woodhaven.merle.kuznik.2.628205.html">http://www.kdka.com/kdkainvestagators/woodhaven.merle.kuznik.2.628205.html
Our bill, HB 1660 and SB 300 pays for long term care.
If our bill was in place NOW, Marybeth and Merle wouldn't be going through
this degrading experience.
The question is, how many other of our elderly are experiencing similar
experiences that are the worst kind of abuses in what we know is NOT a civil
society until we get a single payer system instituted in our country?
How many suffer silently because, like Merle Kuznic, they cannot speak, or move
because they are paralyzed? or worse, because they are mentally incapacitated?
This story underscores the reason why I fight tirelessly for a single payer
health care delivery system.
Kate Loving Shenk
Nursing Career Transformation
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 Nurse Practitioner program and came
home on Father's Day.
This was the same day my mother had her stroke.
My father's gradual decline spanned over thirteen years. He had
Alzheimer's Disease and was in and out of consciousness for most of that time.
I dealt with Nursing Home administrators, and had to move him from one
nursing home to another when he "ran out of money."
These kinds of experiences where you feel powerless to help the one person
whom you love deeply from earliest memory, can teach lessons of surrender
and a giving up of all past memory for a simple acceptance of that
which is seen and unseen in this very moment.
My dad died seven years ago. I am reconciled with everything
that ever happened between us, and all members of my family.
Enter Marybeth Kuznik, Executive Director of Vote Pa. She is
dedicated to bringing voting (machine) reform to the state of Pennsylvania.
She was one of the people who went to Ohio for the final vote count in Ohio
in the 2004 election.
She verified what I have known since that time: G.W. Bush stole that election.
Marybeth and I met at the State Democratic Committee Meeting where
our group, Progressives For Pennsylvania, held our health care reform conference
in order to educate the State Democratic Party about HB 1660 and SB 300: The best
state single payer plan in the country, at this time.
The conference was a success! People are excited by the Bill. As Michael
Moore said in a recent conference call I was privileged to attend, the people
are ready for it. Getting it through the legislative process is the challenge.
We were collecting health care delivery nightmare stories, and Marybeth gave
us the most wrenching story I have ever heard, one that will soon be on You Tube
and on our website, Progressives 4 Pennsylvania, as well as our P4P blog.
Merle Kuznik, Marybeth's 89 year old mother, broke her right hip after
suffering a major stroke on her left side. The nursing home she was in, Wood
Haven Care Center in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, insisted that Merle Kuznik
apply for Medicaid to pay for expenses not paid by Medicare.
When the paperwork was not completed in a timely fashion, local Constables
showed up to her nursing home room, with guns visible but in their holsters,
and told her she would have to go to jail for 3 days, if she did not pay.
Marybeth, the savvy person that she is, went to KDKA TV and told the story,
which you all can view at the following link:
http://www.kdka.com/kdkainvestagators/woodhaven.merle.kuznik.2.628205.html">http://www.kdka.com/kdkainvestagators/woodhaven.merle.kuznik.2.628205.html">http://www.kdka.com/kdkainvestagators/woodhaven.merle.kuznik.2.628205.html
Our bill, HB 1660 and SB 300 pays for long term care.
If our bill was in place NOW, Marybeth and Merle wouldn't be going through
this degrading experience.
The question is, how many other of our elderly are experiencing similar
experiences that are the worst kind of abuses in what we know is NOT a civil
society until we get a single payer system instituted in our country?
How many suffer silently because, like Merle Kuznic, they cannot speak, or move
because they are paralyzed? or worse, because they are mentally incapacitated?
This story underscores the reason why I fight tirelessly for a single payer
health care delivery system.
Kate Loving Shenk
Nursing Career Transformation
Monday, January 07, 2008
Health Care Is An Issue Whose Time has Come
The Sarkinyan family has joined the Edward's campaign in New Hampshire. Their daughter Nataline was denied a liver transplant by the Cigna Health Insurance Company but when Doctors and Nurses and neighbors and friends protested this move, they made an exception to their decision.
But it was already too late. Nataline died several hours after Cigna reversed their decision.
Here is the link to this very moving talk given by the family of Nataline.
Thank you.
Kate Loving Shenk
Nursing Career Transformation
But it was already too late. Nataline died several hours after Cigna reversed their decision.
Here is the link to this very moving talk given by the family of Nataline.
Thank you.
Kate Loving Shenk
Nursing Career Transformation
Friday, January 04, 2008
The Wizard Of Obama
I don't want to bring down all the Obama lovers--the people who are seduced
by the rhetoric--but the fact of the matter is, Obama is out in left
field when it comes to a health care plan.
In other words, he doesn't have one.
Why? Because his campaign is financed largely by the pharmaceutical
and health insurance companies, just like Hillary's campaign.
The choice is clear--we must keep up the fight for John Edwards.
Obama will never have a health care plan because we know who is in his
back pocket.
And this is not going to change.
The ferver and messianic rhetoric and the M.L.King imitation is just that.
Will the real Barak Obama please stand up? and come out from behind that
wizard curtain?
I am concerned that this seduction, this smoke and mirrors, this "charisma,"
will not only lose the Democrats the White House, but so much more will
be lost as a result.
The constant preoccupation that the press has with Brittany Spears and
Nicole Simpson etc is what fuels the flame of this emptiness.
Since the press is owned by Corporate Greedy Conglomerates, too, what do we expect?
Cnn and Msnbc and the Democratic Party will continue to ignore John Edwards.
Has any one considered a John Edwards third party ticket??
(Don't throw any rotten eggs my way, please!!) LOLOL!!
Kate Loving Shenk
Nursing Career Transformation
by the rhetoric--but the fact of the matter is, Obama is out in left
field when it comes to a health care plan.
In other words, he doesn't have one.
Why? Because his campaign is financed largely by the pharmaceutical
and health insurance companies, just like Hillary's campaign.
The choice is clear--we must keep up the fight for John Edwards.
Obama will never have a health care plan because we know who is in his
back pocket.
And this is not going to change.
The ferver and messianic rhetoric and the M.L.King imitation is just that.
Will the real Barak Obama please stand up? and come out from behind that
wizard curtain?
I am concerned that this seduction, this smoke and mirrors, this "charisma,"
will not only lose the Democrats the White House, but so much more will
be lost as a result.
The constant preoccupation that the press has with Brittany Spears and
Nicole Simpson etc is what fuels the flame of this emptiness.
Since the press is owned by Corporate Greedy Conglomerates, too, what do we expect?
Cnn and Msnbc and the Democratic Party will continue to ignore John Edwards.
Has any one considered a John Edwards third party ticket??
(Don't throw any rotten eggs my way, please!!) LOLOL!!
Kate Loving Shenk
Nursing Career Transformation
Thursday, January 03, 2008
What Happens if Hillary Comes In Third?
What happens if Hillary comes in third in Iowa?
Read this interesting blog for some predictions!!
Thank you,
Kate Loving Shenk
Nursing Career Transformation
Read this interesting blog for some predictions!!
Thank you,
Kate Loving Shenk
Nursing Career Transformation
Sunday, December 23, 2007
pete seeger which side are you on
We wonder which side the major political candidates are on?
I believe most of them are on the side of the Insurance Companies and the major corporations.
I will be voting for the one candidate who is on the side of you and me.
Kate Loving Shenk
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Go California Nurses!!!!!!
Vice President Chaney is outraged by the ad presented by the California Nurses Association in Iowa.
http://www.calnurses.org/assets/pdf/cheney_print_ad_121007.pdf
But as the Nurses said, what is more outrageous is that if you or I got catastrophically ill, we would have to cover the costs ourselves, unless we are blessed with good Medical Insurance, which, in reality, is a thing of the past for most of us.
As an aside, the latest Blue Cross Anita Smith ad here in Pennsylvania shows the Blue Man groping Ms Hill. She slaps him and laughs hysterically after he touches her inappropriately.
These are the ads that finance all the television shows.
Working for a real Single Payer Health Care System has never been more important--or more difficult!!
Kate Loving Shenk
Nursing Career Transformation
http://www.calnurses.org/assets/pdf/cheney_print_ad_121007.pdf
But as the Nurses said, what is more outrageous is that if you or I got catastrophically ill, we would have to cover the costs ourselves, unless we are blessed with good Medical Insurance, which, in reality, is a thing of the past for most of us.
As an aside, the latest Blue Cross Anita Smith ad here in Pennsylvania shows the Blue Man groping Ms Hill. She slaps him and laughs hysterically after he touches her inappropriately.
These are the ads that finance all the television shows.
Working for a real Single Payer Health Care System has never been more important--or more difficult!!
Kate Loving Shenk
Nursing Career Transformation
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
A Collective Effort For The Common Good
I just scanned the web sites of all the Democratic Presidential
Candidates and was particularly energized by the Heartland Forum
in Des Moines, Iowa on the John Edwards page.
And the Edwards recent speech to the DNC was amazing.
Joe Biden also gave a convincing speech at that same meeting.
Senator Joe Biden's experience and commitment deserves praise.
But I keep coming back to the John Edwards message that people must
work together for the good of America.
Citizens of our country need to get involved. We can only make
the needed changes when we work collectively, as John Edwards
continues to passionately assert.
In my end of the world, our group, Progressives For Pennsylvania,
(www.progressives4pennsylvania.com) continues to work for passage
of HB 1660, the best state wide Single Payer Health Care Plan in
the country.
HB 1660 is a model that other states can study and implement.
Our latest mission is to help organize the January 12th
Lancaster Pennsylvania Statewide Conference of Health Care
4 All Pa.org, coinciding with the state wide meeting of the
Democratic Committee.
This is where the world of special interests meets with the will
of the common people.
Wish us luck, God/ess Speed, and a prevailing wind at our collective back!
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Kate Loving Shenk
Nursing Career Transformation
Candidates and was particularly energized by the Heartland Forum
in Des Moines, Iowa on the John Edwards page.
And the Edwards recent speech to the DNC was amazing.
Joe Biden also gave a convincing speech at that same meeting.
Senator Joe Biden's experience and commitment deserves praise.
But I keep coming back to the John Edwards message that people must
work together for the good of America.
Citizens of our country need to get involved. We can only make
the needed changes when we work collectively, as John Edwards
continues to passionately assert.
In my end of the world, our group, Progressives For Pennsylvania,
(www.progressives4pennsylvania.com) continues to work for passage
of HB 1660, the best state wide Single Payer Health Care Plan in
the country.
HB 1660 is a model that other states can study and implement.
Our latest mission is to help organize the January 12th
Lancaster Pennsylvania Statewide Conference of Health Care
4 All Pa.org, coinciding with the state wide meeting of the
Democratic Committee.
This is where the world of special interests meets with the will
of the common people.
Wish us luck, God/ess Speed, and a prevailing wind at our collective back!
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Kate Loving Shenk
Nursing Career Transformation
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Elevator Operator For Senators And Congress People Is Bankrupt Due ToLack Of Health Insurance
Just off the senate floor, a gentleman operates the elevator for Senators and Congressman, the people who have 100% health care coverage, while this man lost his home due to an inability to pay for health bills incurred when his mother had inoperable brain cancer.
An aide to Senator Richard J. Derbin of Illonois listened to this man's story and told the Senator about it.
You can read about it here:
Why can't all Americans have the same sort of coverage as our Senators and Congress People?
House Bill 1660 is Pennsylvania's Single Payer Health Care Bill. It would provide the same kind of coverage.
Read about it here:
Kate Loving Shenk
Nursing Career Transformation
An aide to Senator Richard J. Derbin of Illonois listened to this man's story and told the Senator about it.
You can read about it here:
Why can't all Americans have the same sort of coverage as our Senators and Congress People?
House Bill 1660 is Pennsylvania's Single Payer Health Care Bill. It would provide the same kind of coverage.
Read about it here:
Kate Loving Shenk
Nursing Career Transformation
Monday, November 19, 2007
Are We A Civil Society If We Don't Give Health Care To Our Children??
Sorry to say, the answer is a resounding "No!!"
Look at other components of a civil society:
1)Zero tolerance about torture under any conditions
2) Health care for all citizens without some corporate
entity making billions by denying health care to people
in order to gain obscene wealth for themselves
3)Equal rights for women and every one else
4) Freedom of speech for all--We have become an America afraid to speak
out for fear of losing our jobs, because the workplace is
now run by corporate greedy philosophies
Children are suffering as a consequence of limited or no access
to health care.
Here's a great article explaining the intricacies of this crisis:
Kate Loving Shenk
Nursing Career Transformation
Look at other components of a civil society:
1)Zero tolerance about torture under any conditions
2) Health care for all citizens without some corporate
entity making billions by denying health care to people
in order to gain obscene wealth for themselves
3)Equal rights for women and every one else
4) Freedom of speech for all--We have become an America afraid to speak
out for fear of losing our jobs, because the workplace is
now run by corporate greedy philosophies
Children are suffering as a consequence of limited or no access
to health care.
Here's a great article explaining the intricacies of this crisis:
Kate Loving Shenk
Nursing Career Transformation
Friday, November 16, 2007
HB 1660
Pennsylvania is in a unique position. She has a Single Payer
Health care Bill, HB 1660, that has a great chance to eventually
pass in the House.
Of all the State sponsored bills, this one is the strongest.
This is a solid bill, one Pennsylvanians can trust that insurance
companies will be fully exempt from corrupting.
Democracy For America promoted house parties across the country
November 14, where thousands of people watched Sicko, then listened
to a conference call with film maker Michael Moore and DFA President Jim Dean
for more than thirty minutes.
Or if people were watching on the West Coast, they tuned into the
conference call before they watched the DVD.
In any case, a certain percentage of watchers had never seen the
movie before, so Jim Dean, and Michael Moore were
careful not to divulge key movie points.
I saw Sicko for the third time that night and thoroughly enjoyed
watching it with my Progressives 4 Pennsylvania friends, a handful
of union leaders, and a few liberals I grew up with in my hometown.
The conference call itself was inspiring.
Michael Moore was asked about state sponsored versus federally
sponsored bills, and which did he support. For instance, John Conyers
and Dennis Kucinich have a National Single Payer Health Care Bill, H.R.676.
Moore said we need a National Single Payer bill, thus supported the
Conyers/Kucinich bill. John Conyers has said he supports the bill
here in Pennsylvania, HB 1660.
Having said that, and given the current stranglehold on anything good
coming out of Washington these days, I believe we have no choice but to develop
a model Single Payer Health Care Bill that other States and eventually the Country
are free to adopt.
Another point in the call was how the propaganda machines like to stop all
discourse on a real Universal Health Care Plan that covers all Americans
Minus Insurance Companies, by stating that such plans are Socialized Medicine.
Michael Moore said Single Payer is not Socialized Medicine, but rather is
Christianized, Krishna-ized, Mohammad-ized Medicine because of the impetus
for caring for every citizen in America in a true spirit of service.
The question arose about the supposed waits that people have in the Canadian
health care system, (although Canadians in the movie told us that they really
don't have the waits that the propaganda machines in this country want us to believe).
Moore said that when 50,000,000 people are taken out of the health care equation,
obviously our waiting times at the doctors, those of us with Health Insurance,
will obviously be shortened.
When we add the 50,000,000 people back into the system, yes, we will have
longer waiting times.
Isn't this preferable to making Health Care unavailable to so many millions of
citizens?
Governor Rendell of Pennsylvania has a Health Bill before the Pennsylvania
House of Representatives called Prescription for Pennsylvania.
This bill is losing support with only 8 sponsors as of this writing.
HB 1660 currently has 35 sponsors.
Why is HB 1660 superior to Prescription For Pennsylvania?
HB 1660 guarantees health care protection for all Pennsylvanians thus
delivering quality, comprehensive health care.
Rendell's plan does not.
HB 1660 takes Insurance Companies out of the equation.
Rendell's plan does not.
HB 1660 preserves the rights of patients to choose their own doctors with
out deductibles, co-pays or life-time caps.
Rendell's plan does not.
HB 1660 allows for prescription drug and behavioral health care coverage.
The Rendell plan does not.
Alternative Medical Modalities are allowed in the HB 1660 plan.
Not so with Rendell's plan.
A comprehensive comparison between the two plans can be accessed at:
http://www.progressives4pennsylvania.com
Progressives4Pennsylvania plans to create teaching workshops about HB 1660
and present these to Labor affiliated groups, retirement homes, small
businesses and other potential arenas.
Health Care For All Americans started with a vision that Pennsylvania
birthed and now shares with the nation.
John Edwards is the only candidate running for President who has a plan
to deliver health care to all Americans without the interference
of Insurance Companies.
He needs Health Care Reform Activists to work with him.
He cannot do it alone.
And neither can we.
Kate Loving Shenk
Nursing Career Transformation
Health care Bill, HB 1660, that has a great chance to eventually
pass in the House.
Of all the State sponsored bills, this one is the strongest.
This is a solid bill, one Pennsylvanians can trust that insurance
companies will be fully exempt from corrupting.
Democracy For America promoted house parties across the country
November 14, where thousands of people watched Sicko, then listened
to a conference call with film maker Michael Moore and DFA President Jim Dean
for more than thirty minutes.
Or if people were watching on the West Coast, they tuned into the
conference call before they watched the DVD.
In any case, a certain percentage of watchers had never seen the
movie before, so Jim Dean, and Michael Moore were
careful not to divulge key movie points.
I saw Sicko for the third time that night and thoroughly enjoyed
watching it with my Progressives 4 Pennsylvania friends, a handful
of union leaders, and a few liberals I grew up with in my hometown.
The conference call itself was inspiring.
Michael Moore was asked about state sponsored versus federally
sponsored bills, and which did he support. For instance, John Conyers
and Dennis Kucinich have a National Single Payer Health Care Bill, H.R.676.
Moore said we need a National Single Payer bill, thus supported the
Conyers/Kucinich bill. John Conyers has said he supports the bill
here in Pennsylvania, HB 1660.
Having said that, and given the current stranglehold on anything good
coming out of Washington these days, I believe we have no choice but to develop
a model Single Payer Health Care Bill that other States and eventually the Country
are free to adopt.
Another point in the call was how the propaganda machines like to stop all
discourse on a real Universal Health Care Plan that covers all Americans
Minus Insurance Companies, by stating that such plans are Socialized Medicine.
Michael Moore said Single Payer is not Socialized Medicine, but rather is
Christianized, Krishna-ized, Mohammad-ized Medicine because of the impetus
for caring for every citizen in America in a true spirit of service.
The question arose about the supposed waits that people have in the Canadian
health care system, (although Canadians in the movie told us that they really
don't have the waits that the propaganda machines in this country want us to believe).
Moore said that when 50,000,000 people are taken out of the health care equation,
obviously our waiting times at the doctors, those of us with Health Insurance,
will obviously be shortened.
When we add the 50,000,000 people back into the system, yes, we will have
longer waiting times.
Isn't this preferable to making Health Care unavailable to so many millions of
citizens?
Governor Rendell of Pennsylvania has a Health Bill before the Pennsylvania
House of Representatives called Prescription for Pennsylvania.
This bill is losing support with only 8 sponsors as of this writing.
HB 1660 currently has 35 sponsors.
Why is HB 1660 superior to Prescription For Pennsylvania?
HB 1660 guarantees health care protection for all Pennsylvanians thus
delivering quality, comprehensive health care.
Rendell's plan does not.
HB 1660 takes Insurance Companies out of the equation.
Rendell's plan does not.
HB 1660 preserves the rights of patients to choose their own doctors with
out deductibles, co-pays or life-time caps.
Rendell's plan does not.
HB 1660 allows for prescription drug and behavioral health care coverage.
The Rendell plan does not.
Alternative Medical Modalities are allowed in the HB 1660 plan.
Not so with Rendell's plan.
A comprehensive comparison between the two plans can be accessed at:
http://www.progressives4pennsylvania.com
Progressives4Pennsylvania plans to create teaching workshops about HB 1660
and present these to Labor affiliated groups, retirement homes, small
businesses and other potential arenas.
Health Care For All Americans started with a vision that Pennsylvania
birthed and now shares with the nation.
John Edwards is the only candidate running for President who has a plan
to deliver health care to all Americans without the interference
of Insurance Companies.
He needs Health Care Reform Activists to work with him.
He cannot do it alone.
And neither can we.
Kate Loving Shenk
Nursing Career Transformation
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Progressives For The New millenium
The latest Truthout article gives us a great historical
view of the Progressive Movement in America.
Please read more, here.
Kate Loving Shenk
Nursing Career Transformation
view of the Progressive Movement in America.
Please read more, here.
Kate Loving Shenk
Nursing Career Transformation
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Utah Phillips
In this 'postmodernist' era of All Irony All The Time, I find Utah's songs, well, if not 'refreshing,' then definitely eye-opening.
Utah's Intro:
To this song:
ALL USED UP
( U. Utah Phillips)
I spent my whole life making somebody rich
I busted my ass for that son of a bitch
And he left me to die like a dog in a ditch
And told me I'm all used up
He used up my labor, he used up my time
He plundered my body and squandered my mind
And gave me a pension of handouts and wine,
Told me I'm all used up
My kids are in hock to a god you call Work
Slaving their lives out for some other jerk
And my youngest in 'Frisco just made shipping-clerk
He don't know I'm all used up
The young people reaching for power and gold
And they don't have respect for anything old
For pennies they're bought, for promises sold
Someday they'll be used up
They use up the oil, they use up the trees
They use up the air and they use up the seas
Well how about you, friend, and how about me
What's left, when we're all used up
I'll finish my life in this crummy hotel
It's lousy with bugs and my God, what a smell!
But my plumbing still works and I'm clear as a bell
Don't tell me I'm all used up
Outside my window the world passes by
It gives me a handout, and spits in my eye
And no one can tell me, 'cause no one knows why
I'm living, but I'm all used up
Sometimes in my dreams I sit by a tree
My life is a book of how things used to be
The kids gather 'round and they listen to me
They don't think I'm all used up
And there's songs and there's laughter and things I can do
And all that I've learned I can give back to you
And I'd give my last breath just to make it come true
To know I'm not all used up
They use up the oil, they use up the trees
They use up the air and they use up the seas
Well how about you, friend, and how about me
What's left, when we're all used up
- - - - - - - - -
BONUS UTAH -- Singing maybe my favorite Joe Hill song. I seem to recall it's being prominent in the great Bo Widerberg film (sadly, unavailable on DVD), but my memory could be faulty on that score... :-)
Utah's Intro:
To this song:
ALL USED UP
( U. Utah Phillips)
I spent my whole life making somebody rich
I busted my ass for that son of a bitch
And he left me to die like a dog in a ditch
And told me I'm all used up
He used up my labor, he used up my time
He plundered my body and squandered my mind
And gave me a pension of handouts and wine,
Told me I'm all used up
My kids are in hock to a god you call Work
Slaving their lives out for some other jerk
And my youngest in 'Frisco just made shipping-clerk
He don't know I'm all used up
The young people reaching for power and gold
And they don't have respect for anything old
For pennies they're bought, for promises sold
Someday they'll be used up
They use up the oil, they use up the trees
They use up the air and they use up the seas
Well how about you, friend, and how about me
What's left, when we're all used up
I'll finish my life in this crummy hotel
It's lousy with bugs and my God, what a smell!
But my plumbing still works and I'm clear as a bell
Don't tell me I'm all used up
Outside my window the world passes by
It gives me a handout, and spits in my eye
And no one can tell me, 'cause no one knows why
I'm living, but I'm all used up
Sometimes in my dreams I sit by a tree
My life is a book of how things used to be
The kids gather 'round and they listen to me
They don't think I'm all used up
And there's songs and there's laughter and things I can do
And all that I've learned I can give back to you
And I'd give my last breath just to make it come true
To know I'm not all used up
They use up the oil, they use up the trees
They use up the air and they use up the seas
Well how about you, friend, and how about me
What's left, when we're all used up
- - - - - - - - -
BONUS UTAH -- Singing maybe my favorite Joe Hill song. I seem to recall it's being prominent in the great Bo Widerberg film (sadly, unavailable on DVD), but my memory could be faulty on that score... :-)
Monday, October 22, 2007
Al Frankin May Be The Next Paul Wellstone
No one can replace Paul Wellstone, the late great liberal Senator
from Minnosota.
And indeed, his seat has remained vacant since his unexpected death
in a plane crash several years ago.
But Al Frankin is running for Senator Wellstone's seat.
And he may win.
Read about this here.
Kate Loving Shenk
Nursing Career Transformation
from Minnosota.
And indeed, his seat has remained vacant since his unexpected death
in a plane crash several years ago.
But Al Frankin is running for Senator Wellstone's seat.
And he may win.
Read about this here.
Kate Loving Shenk
Nursing Career Transformation
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Run, Al, Run (For The Beleaguered Office Of President)
Please, Al Gore, run for the office of President Of The United States.
Just do it.
And have the time of your life--and everyone else's , too!!
Read more.......
Kate Loving Shenk
Nursing Career Transformation
Just do it.
And have the time of your life--and everyone else's , too!!
Read more.......
Kate Loving Shenk
Nursing Career Transformation
Friday, October 12, 2007
Draft Al Gore For President
Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize for his outstanding
work to save the environment.
Breaking News May Be Accessed Here:
Now, with the Health Care Agenda safely remaining in the back pocket of the
insurance companies, perhaps Al Gore can fearlessly side with
the people and not the Special Interests.
In which case, I would not only vote for him, but tirelessly work for him.
Kate Loving Shenk
Nursing Career Transformation
work to save the environment.
Breaking News May Be Accessed Here:
Now, with the Health Care Agenda safely remaining in the back pocket of the
insurance companies, perhaps Al Gore can fearlessly side with
the people and not the Special Interests.
In which case, I would not only vote for him, but tirelessly work for him.
Kate Loving Shenk
Nursing Career Transformation
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