Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney Would Probably Be Dead W/o Government-Financed Healthcaer
Posted by Shum Preston on December 10, 2007 - 11:54amOne more irony about the healthcare crisis: the politicians in charge of fixing it…are guaranteed healthcare through a system that is not just “single-payer” (in terms of being financed by the government instead of insurance companies), but beyond is actually government-run.
Nurses are running ads today in 10 Iowa newspapers pointing out that this means that Dick Cheney, with his heart trouble, would probably be dead now if he were an ordinary American forced to search for cardiac care in a thicket of mercenary insurers and heartless HMOs. Cheney gets guaranteed healthcare; we get squat.
We’ll take a look below, also at some recent highlights from the healthcare movement…
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- Two-faced Corporate Personhood: Elected and Convicted
- Your Vote Can Help Women with Cancer Get Treatment when Health Insurance Says "No!'
- WILL HEALTH CARE REFORM 2010 IMPROVE ACCESS AND QUALITY OF CANCER CARE?
- IMPACT OF DISPARITIES ON ACCESS AND QUALITY OF CANCER CARE
- Nation Fails to Honor, Protect 9/11 Heroes Again
- Happy 45th Birthday, Medicare! July 30, 2010 (Get Involved)
- Census data reveal broad differences among states in rates of uninsured
- New Report Suggests Some Insurers Are Shifting Premium Dollars Into Reserves And Understating Their Earnings
- For Insurers, Fight Is Now Over Details
- Hijacked – Stolen health care reform V: Overall assessment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA)
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