Entries tagged as ‘john mccain’
by viva7
between nursing school coursework, practical experience, the election frenzy, and my recent attendance at a statewide health student symposium, here are a few things i’ve been learning and concluding lately:
1. it’s bogus to call medical malpractice lawsuits the major factor in the rising costs of healthcare and health insurance. it is not in a lawyer’s interest to take on a medical malpractice lawsuit unless the payout promises to be really large, which is rare. the rise in insurance rates is mostly due to the poor economy and insurance companies having made bad investments like everyone else.
2. obama’s healthcare plan, which i thought was well explained in the third debate, is really genius in its option to buy into the federal healthcare plan. what this does is open the door to the option of a single payer system. mccain compared this to canada or england as if it were a bad thing. well, those systems have their problems, sure. but obama’s plan will let people decide if they want to move closer to a non-disciminatory single payer system, but in a very democratic, very american way, because we have to actually make the individual financial decision to do so.
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Categories: Health · Politics
Tagged: barack obama, health insurance, john mccain, medical malpractice lawsuits
September 19, 2008 · 3 Comments
by lawyerlylisa
I live in the great “key swing state” of Missouri, and today, while listening to the radio in the car, something about this McCain ad made me want to vomit, and also jump for joy.
The ad is posted below, but the message, essentially, is: “STEM CELLS = the future of health care and mavericks like John McCain will save people’s lives by supporting more research if you vote for him for president.” You should take a listen…I think they say STEM CELLS four times and don’t bother mentioning any other health care policy priorities.
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Categories: Health · Politics
Tagged: john mccain, missouri, right to life, stem cell research
September 11, 2008 · 4 Comments
by juliacsmith
Let’s turn our attention back to Barack, shall we? And maybe have some honest conversation about where he—not to mention the man behind the lipstick curtain—stand on the issues?
Jill Miller Zimon from Writes Like She Talks is posting a reason to vote for Obama and Biden every single day between now and the election.
What are your favorite other recent sources of news and commentary on the ISSUES and the CANDIDATES?
Categories: Politics
Tagged: 2008 elections, barack obama, john mccain, lipstick, sarah palin, writes like she talks
