Tag Archives: health care

The whites of their eyes?

Posted on October 4, 2011 by

Today, I am an angry Witch. It’s the kind of anger that is born out of hope, the anger that is twin to courage. If you don’t want to join me in anger, I invite you to join me in … Continue reading →

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Janet Porter wants me to die

Posted on September 20, 2011 by

That’s the message she rallied her supporters to send to the Ohio legislature today. And Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann, and Mike Huckabee all agree with her. Trigger Warning: difficult pregnancy, death I used to live in Ohio. If I were … Continue reading →

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Why the individual mandate is absolutely essential to changing our health insurance model

Posted on August 11, 2011 by

Skylandia has this great post up about how health insurance is not like car insurance. This is a false equivalency that’s just as bad as the idea that government budgeting is just like household budgeting, and resistance to changing the … Continue reading →

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No Taxpayer Funding for Viagra Act

Posted on May 6, 2011 by

An open letter to my Congressional representatives: Dear Members of Congress, I would like to propose the No Taxpayer Funding for Viagra Act, which would be a companion bill to H.R. 3, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act. The … Continue reading →

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The Goddess and Weakness

Posted on April 8, 2011 by

I went into my lobbying efforts with a deliberate desire to put my ethics into action and to dedicate that work to the Goddess as I know her and as she exists in every woman and every man. That mattered … Continue reading →

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Standing up for Women’s Health

Posted on April 8, 2011 by

Bianca stands for Planned Parenthood Yesterday’s rally and lobbying effort was an exciting day for me. I walked the halls of Congress, mostly looking for the signs with maps of the buildings, and stood up for human rights, sometimes in … Continue reading →

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I’m Standing Up For Women’s Health

Posted on April 7, 2011 by

Opponents of women’s health care have been waging an unrelenting battle in the newly-elected Congress. Instead of focusing on jobs, as they campaigned, they have introduced measure after measure designed to prevent women from being able to afford or even … Continue reading →

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Vote Tea Party

Posted on April 5, 2011 by

  A recent article on Vanity Fair about current issues as a result of economic inequality said: The more divided a society becomes in terms of wealth, the more reluctant the wealthy become to spend money on common needs. The … Continue reading →

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Act III: Paging Nurse Empathy

Posted on March 25, 2011 by

This series was started by an odd confluence of events: I saw the performance of Dr. Horrible, and shortly thereafter I ended up on one of those random Web-walks exploring doctors’ and nurses’ blogs. It started with ER humor, but … Continue reading →

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Act II: The Diabetes Belt is for Superheroes!

Posted on March 25, 2011 by

A county-level survey of diabetes rates indicates much more disparity on the local level than was previously identified. Adjacent counties in North Carolina, for example, have age-adjusted rates of 6.7% and 11.8% – almost twice as many people with diabetes … Continue reading →

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